I (non-German) moved to Bavaria in 2018, and brought my non-German and 18 yo/350k km car with me. No problems registering it and getting it approved by the TUV. Well, it too suffered from brake balance issues (parking brake only) and clouded front fog light lenses (glare). It was easily and cheaply remedied.

If you don't follow the manual and the part breaks, it's user error and not inherent unreliability of the car.

He failed on brake issues and headlight issues. Both important safety issues. He also failed because the inspector was unfamiliar with the quirks of American cars, but this was ‘fixed’ without having to change anything. He also had a huge coolant leak.

Autorijden tegen de laagste kosten, en een motorrijbewijs is al voldoende om een reliant te mogen besturen.

Still though, it's the easiest language to learn when you're a native English speaker and have no knowledge of other languages.

Rowling’s speech is certainly insensitive, but is it actual hate speech? Just look at the article Luke Plunkett linked to prove she is a transphobe. Speech phobic of trans people can be hate speech, but does not have to be. Let’s look at the quotes from Rowling listed in that article:

That’s too easy. If you want to support societal progress, boycotting people or companies that oppose your view is a very logical way to act. However, it makes sense to start to boycott those with actual power. With actual influence on the lives of many. Regressive politicians and their parties. Companies and…

The point being: when a pedestrian is hit by a car, it is not always due to misbehavior of the pedestrian. And even when you can blame a pedestrian for the crash, do they ‘deserve’ whatever suffering they are faced with?

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Both fair reasons to fail inspection. And not that hard or expensive to fix, assuming rust isn’t preventing adjustment.

Let’s wait for the details. My experience with the German TUV is that most of it makes sense. Hard but fair. And I say this as a non-German.

In Germany? Car taxes are a joke compared to some of the surrounding countries. The taxes are so low it had no effect on purchase decisions.

This is a non-luxury European manufacturer we are talking about. NA has been dead for years. 2.0L would be high displacement already I don’t believe PSA offers anything that ‘big’ any more, a V6 is out of the question. Peugeot has had a 1.6L turbo engine with 270 hp in their lineup for a number of years now, which is…

I’ve driven a mk7 Golf and thought it was very numb. I presume the crossover version feels even more detached.

You cannot hide weight in corners. I’m not saying it will be shitty to drive, but you will be able to feel it.

Being an EV crossover this will be very heavy. It’s also tall.

Your average consumer won’t care. It will feel quick due to its instant torque, which is enough. It’s easily fast enough to move with traffic.

Not every day, but I quite frequently drive more than 300 miles in a day. And I don’t even live in the US.

It came in early-mid higher trim 90s VWs. Mk3 Golf, Passat, first gen Audi A4 and the like. Not sure about the Polo, but it most certainly was not standard on mid to low spec Polos.

Maybe. I was mostly thinking about the octogenarian and the ‘i don’t care about cars’ demographics that are your typical Toyota buyers here.