The Gelding

I saved the email and contacted  VW corporate customer care.

Ugh, I sold a way nicer 96 Tahoe 10 years ago for $3500. And in 96 they got a significant power increase in form of the vortec engine.

you win this round...

My thoughts, You were right, but it could have led to an awkward conversation has you been caught in the act. Were it my car, I would have appreciated the gesture, at least after I asked angrily “Can I help you?” And we probably would have ended up talking cars for another hour or so.

In my book the only other…

I was recently shopping repaired Dieselgate VW’s and reached out to a VW shop in virginia. They eventually sent a price quote, but it included a $1295 CPO certification fee, $800 for docs, and “add $1500 if you are paying cash or using your own financing”
Basically a $3600 mark up on a car they listed for $10k.

Insisting…

Goddamnit I wish mine hadn’t been totaled by an inattentive asshole making a left in front of me earlier this year.

No one bats an eye at a $100k navigator or Escalade, both of which ride on derivatives of pickup truck platforms.

but in reality...

I personally cant wait for one of the 7 or 8 manual transmission-ed Genesis G70's that they sold to come up on used market.

Ok, you win. I’m not even bothering to scroll any farther.  Have a star.

Mack tandem axle dump truck. Just around some country roads for fun.

I hate you. Now that’s stuck in my head again.

Luckily(!) our engines tended to blow up mid-race, so that cost is included in race-weekend accounting.
fucking Merkur.

Can confirm. I ran a LeMons team for a few years. Cost us close to $4k to get to the starting line. A few years later and we had a lifetime total approaching $25k. Note that this total includes EVERYTHING, parts, fees, beer, pizza, beer, gas, beer, gas, car, beer, hotels, beer, safety gear, tires, etc that went into…

Drop Top and Chill

Well, well, well...

I got a Fiat Tipo (gas engine) 6 speed in Germany once. Definitely the worst rental I’ve had here. It was like they took a Golf, and said “How do we make this 35% worse in every measurable aspect?”

in the US, definitely a versa.

Give us this day, our daily ‘vette

Live life at 45mph.   The beer would be expired by the time they got anywhere.