Except with that trunk out back is this not a 3 box design?

I feel similarly. I just rolled over 100k problem-free miles in my Q5 tdi. I think Audi’s aren’t the shop queens they used to be.

I beg to differ on the transmission point. Mine ate through 2 before it hit 90k. It also decided to relieve itself of the rear diff, the catalytic converter, the ABS pump and the ECU in that time (although the last one was due to a squirrel). And since the front brakes were the size of a quarter, it chewed through…

My first car was a ‘95 Chevy Blazer. As my first car you would think I have some nostalgia for it, right? Fuck no. It was so objectively terrible, I swore off American cars, and GM in particular. Do you know how bad a car has to be that a car guy through and through cannot find any love for his first car?

But what does this do that a Golf didn’t?

New Audis have actually become much more reliable, but your point still stands.

IIRC they didn’t design the engine this way originally. It started out with a normal timing belt, and then Audi switched to a chain and placed it on the other side of the engine so it would fit in cars that originally only could fit the V6. Reverse engineering often yields silly solutions like this.

Coupe? Naw man. E63 wagon on portals.

The only company I know using hub motors is Lordstown with their fleet -oriented pickup, so there is probably a reason for it. If In had to venture a guess, one of those reasons is the massive increase in unsprung mass, which would ruin the ride (among other things).

I tend to go with the nicer stuff, but to avoid spending all my money on tools I only use once I have a simple rule: If I have to borrow a tool 3 times, I will buy one for myself.

Some nicer ratchets have finer ratcheting where you don’t have to turn it as much to get to the next cog. This is super handy in tight spaces where you don’t have a lot of room to swing it back a forth. Also some ratchets also have some nice articulation in the head rather than the handle so it basically becomes an…

I don’t know if I can adequately explain how much I truly hate every single thing about this. I have an urge to find the owner and slap the shit out of him repeatedly while screaming NO over and over and over. The only redeeming quality this thing has is that one day it will likely set itself on fire.

I think you overestimate how much off-grid use those things are actually getting. 

I couldn’t agree more, but he’s 18, so he’s got a lot of mistakes in his future. At least this one might not be as reprehensible in principle as many others likely will be.

I absolutely love that the future of fast looks like the retro cafe racer of past. I can get behind this.

I would be very surprised if they don’t end up evolving this into an adventure van. The $100k Sprinter #vanlife insta peeps would be all over that.

I can only assume there is some familial sentimental value to this particular car. 

Mine too!!

The B5 never had an Allroad. The original A6-based Allroad was a C5, where as later A4-based versions started with the B8.

I actually see quite a few V90s where I live. And considering it’s just a lift kit away from being a Cross Country I don’t think it really costs them anything to keep it on the option list.