Great point on the fenders an toe overlap! You have to have some experience to come up with that. It really is surprising how much water a front tire will pick up onto your shoes. 

Wow! I am so glad that the truck vent to a car guy!

Perhaps there is more than one way to enjoy a car, especially for the designer. Else, he may have gotten tired of seeing the imperfections that only the designers see and it drove him nuts.  For example, in my woodworking projects the errors and mistakes drive me nuts. Some others don’t see them. I have learned not to…

I want to know where you can get a Snycro for $23. Really!

Don’t these things have a tubular metal frame known for rusting? I would run away....

Perhaps not. However, it is nice to keep the back from coming around!

My first car, a ‘79 Fiat X1/9. Totally inappropriate, but is was reliable for 80K miles. I would thirty years later, I would love it back just because you don’t see them on the roads anymore. May have to go Miata or GTI, while manuals are still possible to afford.

Agreed, it is insane. The US medical device market is rife with fraud and it is essentially a broken when compared to how open markets should work. You are just citing one glimpse into it. There is much more. For instance, I wonder what it would do to Florida’s economy if the Feds were able to totally stop it. How…

Agreed, but a minor clarification - Can we please qualify that as “real” insurance on their own. There has been far too much made of people loosing their flimsy faux “insurance” plans due to Obamacare.

I would still like to have a Unimog - just one, that is all I need. Please?

The lead photo with the red 318ti brought back many memories of a simple 4 cylinder with 5 speed and rear wheel drive that was a blast to drive. Actually, I am glad it is not coming stateside. 

That is soo rare in Cal. You just don’t see those for sale.

Thanks for the High School drivers’ ed vehicle flashback! That is just too scary to be seen on any public road. Best hidden away in a garage by a well meaning BAT follower.

I do wonder how much VW is paying for consultants to come up with these names. Else, the VW interns are playing too much scrabble. 

Bravo! I was just thinking that most of those folks in attendance have kids and parents, do doubt some with compromised health. The reverberations from this rally will continue for a while.

As I said before, the fix is to have a titanium mtb frame. No rust issues and you can get them for a song. Especially those that are compatible with 26" wheels. 

Please don’t forget the satisfaction of a well executed down-shift. That is satisfaction that an automatic can’t provide. 

Until you have to scrap the vehicle due to a transmission issue. A friend just scraped his Jeep Compass for the very reason. Consider my 2001 VW Golf. I just replaced the clutch for the first time at 167K miles.  Very happy to row them gears.

Agreed. Even on the 405, it is the original in-car entertainment system.

Please don’t give any ideas to fraudsters that would have failed the marshmallow test. We don’t need them to play the long game.