I would agree with you on the looks, but I thought the 4C sounded awful during some of the scenes. Very buzzy.

The answer is still Queen.

You're still being forced to give money to someone to have them represent you even if you want nothing to do with them, something I would have significant issues with if it affected me. Yes, generally the 'fair' (a term I use very loosely) share dues are slightly less than the full membership dues, but it's still not…

Oops, sorry about that. Kind of hard to tell though.

Even if you're not a union member, you CAN be required to pay union dues. So I would argue what Planels said is true functionally, if not technically. I believe they can fire you for failure to pay, but I'm not 100% sure of that.

That seems counter-intuitive to me, for a couple reasons:

The blue just doesn't look right on the previous generation hatches, IMO. Something about the rear lights just seemed off to me.

I think you're unfairly assigning blame here. The sensationalism didn't come from IIHS or CR, it came from the news organizations 'reporting' on IIHS's results (i.e. TIME). CR & IIHS simply stated that most small cars did poorly on the new test (big surprise there), and that on average, they did the worst of any class…

From what I've been told by owners I know, it's when VW's are out of warranty that the issues start appearing.

Their job is to summarize and spoon-feed information about automobiles to the greater population that doesn't otherwise view cars as anything other than an appliance. Their priorities and values may not exactly line up with yours, but I hardly find that as justification for abolishment.

So you're saying that if we slap a pair of new tires on a early 90's/late 80's car and a new car of similar type (lets go with modern Fusion and first gen Taurus for comparison), they should be able to handle similarly?

We'll see. If it's everything you describe for a reasonable cost (read: not S3 money), and VW can get their quality gremlins dealt with, it might be a car I would consider when the time comes to acquire a more mature vehicle than my STI.

There's no reason to not include it as an option just because some pretentious commenters on Jalopnik and TTAC think it waters down the 'purity' of the trim level through its very existence......all without ever having driven it.

I'm not sure where you live, but here in New England, when I went looking for an STI to buy, the lightly used ones were hardly any cheaper than just buying a new one from the stealership. It just wasn't worth it. With a new car, I know exactly how hard my car has been driven, how often maintenance was done, any…

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You are correct sir. If you compare the specs (and the side-profile), the sportback has barely more cargo room than it's sedan brethren (12.3 ft³ vs 13.8 ft³), but it's $1400 more. As a comparison, the 4 door Impreza has 12 ft³ in sedan form, but 22.5 ft³ in hatchback for only $500 more.

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Once you have enough power to break traction, anything more isn't necessary. Breaking snow traction doesn't require that much power, especially in low gears, even with winter tires.

I do the same. If I can, I wait until the temperature gauge starts moving upwards. If I can't, I try to at least give it 30-45 seconds for the oil to circulate, and keep off the throttle until it warms.

Full video of ColoradoQuattro's .gif: