I thought the MKT was a good choice, but then I saw one on the road yesterday and thought it looked like a hearse.  Still, I don’t know this guy’s relationship with his parents...

Must have been raining 

Used Volkswagen?  CP.

My parents had a big passenger van when I was in high school, and one day I got a call from my friend’s sister. The entire cheerleading squad needed a ride to the game. I could barely steer, and the brakes were pretty much useless, but I got them there, and a kiss on the cheek from one of them.  BEST DAY EVER.

I just sold our extended E-150. Daughter going to college and more than the wife and I needed for just the two of us, but dang...still stings.

I just know some day I’ll get home and the power will be out and I’ll be locked out of my house. That’s why I had some keys made and stashed them in the yard. No idea where, but they’re probably still stashed.

As a mountain biker who has never lost a key but remains paranoid it’ll happen, I’ve always been jealous of this option. Not jealous enough to own a Ford, but jealous nonetheless.

Saw the picture, knew it was you

I went to replace a headlight...opened hood, looked at what had to be disconnected, closed hood, called mechanic.

I actually like this little Rogue, and would be more than happy to rent one.

I met a woman once who said she was in “direct sales” or something like this and with a little nudging she admitted she was a spam caller.  She was a very nice lady just trying to make enough for food and rent.  God I hate her.

In the early ‘90's I dated a girl who’s dad just bought her a car. He said it was a red Mazda, which in those days meant it was probably going to be something pretty special. Nope, when she went to pick it up it wasn’t a red Mazda, it was an orange Monza (insert sad trombone noise).

I had the same 2012 GTI and after about 60k miles I wasn’t able to sleep thinking about the tensioner chain. I’d read that the change happened DURING the 2012 model year, so it was a gamble whether I had the old or new. I took it in to the dealer (my other mechanic said they’d best use VW parts for a job like this,…

Yikes! I hope they made good after the survey.  Or at least you live in a place where you can take your business elsewhere (which I ultimately did)

Escalade. Maybe not HIS style, but it does have it.

But if the dealer does something that is LESS than satisfactory the survey is a good place to express that. My dealer fugged up a repair so I unleashed fury on the survey. I got a couple of apologetic phone calls from the boss and the boss’s boss, and the next time I went in I was treated like a sultan.

Exactly this.  I had a ‘12 GTI and thought about looking at the GLI because it was a couple grand less on the lot, but it’s truly not the same car, so I didn’t even bother to drive the GLI.

My first car was an old air-cooled VW, and this is the first I’ve ever heard of this book.  Most of my wrenching was on that car, learned from trial and error and error and error.  Possibly why I don’t work on my own cars anymore.

I had a bit of that sort of anxiety myself a couple weeks ago when I traded in my GTI. I loved that car, but I wanted something a smidge bigger, a smidge cushier, and AWD. Oh, and reliable.

My vote is to ditch the Chrysler and do your road trip in the Trabant, amirite?  Anyone? Anyone?