It might prevent the aliens from wanting to take over our planet though

This is a thing? In our household, the wife:

I’m a bit conflicted on this. On the one hand, it looks well suited to the next Mad Max movie and that would be, oh what a glorious day. On the other, it kind of seems like a Mike Brady lightly facelifted architect model...

“No John, there’s still one more chip that needs to be destroyed.”

Well played, sir.

You’re partially there--it also has to do with sitting up high in traffic and being able to see over everyone else, except then everyone has to go bigger and taller to see over them.  Meanwhile, I feel like an ant darting around in a GTI.

Same here—put it in Eco mode, it mostly gets rid of that lurch and makes it feel more like a “normal” car on the throttle.

I’ve had the same experience with VW in Colorado and KS.  Easy to work with

This may have been mentioned already, but what comes to mind is the specialization required to work on newer vehicles. I like to avoid the stealership whenever possible, but my indie mechanic is getting hamstrung and pushed out by specialized computers or equipment that are dealer only accessible.

As long as the sensors are functioning properly.

“0-60...sometimes...”

Saw that too

No inflatable raft?

And plaid seats ?

Hasn’t had a major model revision since 2009, so... “Vintage markup: $25,000"

Has anyone driven one of these (especially in the T6 trim)? I can’t recall if (reviews of) the driving experience were as breathtaking as the design.

The rural difference I’m referring to is the lack of anonymity (say compared with urban environments). Perhaps what I was thinking but did not initially state was that if you’re well off enough to purchase a six figure ostentatious vehicle in a small community, you would likely draw a fair amount of scrutiny if the…

Your town clearly isn’t small enough. Driving 100k cars around in small towns is like flipping off your poorer neighbors on a daily basis.

The problem I have with this is that buying up items and reselling at a premium has become the norm in this country: tickets, holiday season toys (PS5, new mini consoles, etc). It’s become a business to many people whose purpose/job is only to buy up all the stock and resell at a premium. This in and of itself creates…

I’m holding out for the future manual version, but TBH it was so damn good when I tested one, I might even pull the trigger on the auto someday.  And I’m a die-hard #savethemanual person.