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I dig it. I’ll be honest, this makes more sense to me than a Golf R at that price point....and I’m a GTI owner.

Sarcasm?

There’s probably room with the V8. However, the V10 is a different story. Step one to doing the cams “Remove engine and transmission”. Fuck that, the skin on my wrists will re-grow (and it did)

Keep in mind (unless you already know this) that the 4.2 has the lovely cam sprockets that are a press-fit, and requires the special tooling to get everything aligned properly - there’s a pin that goes in the side of the block to lock the crank, and a bar that aligns the cams - then the belt can be replaced. Blauparts…

Also, cheap to keep running and generally reliable? This is the perfect car for someone who needs basic transportation on the cheap and can’t afford big repair bills or regular fill ups.

Let me just characterize the GMT800s once and for all:

Because the current rules don’t address Formula 1's dirty air problem. The cars are still losing 50-80 percent of their downforce when following another car.

That's not a TDI, it's an IDI turbo.  I had a MK1 Rabbit with one and it was meh.  It'd do 80 given a long enough stretch, but got the same mileage as a Camry with less comfort.   It worth it IMO.

                                    LEAVE THE SCIROCCO ALONE!

That’s an IDI engine, not a TDI. Mechanical pump and IDI cylinder head.

Completely unrelated to dieselgate. These things pollute WAY more than a dieselgate era VW.

It’s not a TDI, rather an old school 1.6 IDI. Not worth anywhere near $13k no matter the desirability of the shell (assuming it’s not a hack job laden with fiberglass and Bondo). A fully done-up, modern, all-electronic TDI with TDI-specific 02A/02J transmission, completely and properly rewired electrical system -…

A 1.6td is closer to (probably less than) $500.

A note- this is not a TDI. It’s Turbodiesel. The 1.6td is an IDI engine- indirect rather than direct injection.

This isn’t a TDI. It’s an IDI.

You are correct in regard to Virgin Galactic. The price of $250,000 per flight, per person is not the cost, but one would have to assume the company plans to make a profit at that rate. I don’t know the financing, but as it is now a public company, I would imagine the money raised from equity will pay off a mighty…

Erik is the worst for these sorts of takes, sometimes its beyond snark, its just whiny. 

“The Wright Brothers didn’t fly.”

To be fair, this is extremely low-hanging fruit.