ID.3 must be being run by an Intel i3. If you want the i7, WELLLLLL bucko, that’s going to cost ya!

My Audi Avants too. If any car was designed for it, they’re the poster boy, yet, no. Nor lay-flat back seats, which even Chrysler managed to master decades ago. An old Citroen wagon I had in Switzerland had that and sold me on the feature for-evah!

I know, right? My Audi wagons STILL don’t have that, and I don’t understand why. Of all the goofy shit they load vehicles up with these days, that one super-practical feature could seal a deal for me. Throw in auto-open, auto-close and it’s a guaranteed sale. 

In the summer, you’re right. I get up, make coffee around 4, sit outside and wait for the sun to come up (actually, in the summer, it’s already up by then) listen to what’s left of the birds, hear the town wake up, then get moving. My wife can’t live without the Cool Fire on, preferably with Wayne Brady or Drew Carey…

Me and the Mrs. We watch CBS in SPITE of Gayle “F-O-O” King. We like Tony and a lot of the correspondents, like Charlie D’Agata. We just have our coffee, wake up gently while we feed the kids, and then flush it. The first hour is all I stick around for, the wife a little longer. Second hour is what I cal The Bullshit…

All that Chardonnay finally got to Hoda.

My wife insisted on dragging me to a musical, which I ordinarily wouldn’t be caught dead at. “You’ll love it, it was done by those South guys!” she said. I had no idea what the hell she was on about (I seldom do) but when I saw the handbill for the show, “Book Of Mormon” as we sat down, I thought “ok....”

Me three. I bought mine in Deutschland, and was the first in Baden Baden.

The ghost of Baba Wawa. 

America’s Mayor Rudy Guiliani? 

The other crazy-ass voices in her head. 

Every time I take my ‘03 Allroad to ANY mechanic the report always says “Brake pedal has excessive travel and feels soft.”
That, and the omnipresent Check Engine light, have been there since day one. Deal with it.

I had a Delta 88, which was a beautiful car with that great 350 Rocket...it was amazing. But rusty. BORN rusty, in fact. Notice there aren’t any of them anywhere? They all rusted away. Broke my heart to drive it to the scrap yard. No amount of body work could have saved it. 

Ahem...any NON *3 Audi. 

The Defender is a TERRIBLE winter vehicle. They literally freeze solid. The insides frost up so bad they are a rolling icebox for at least an hour until all the bare metal comes up to heat, and then God forbid you have to shut it off for any length of time. Bad, BAD BAAAAD idea. 

While I totally agree with you about the stupid aspect, the only thing I would say about your argument is ‘Florida’. Imagine the state of a level crossing through a town in Florida, built by the no-neck son of a state or county legislator with a lot of friends on the council, most named Bubba, and then think about the…

Completely undrivable on most roads. Unless you own Macco.

Did they try Tom’s basement?

If only there’d been a bow and arrow nearby, this could all have been averted. 

I see a lot of this KIND of vehicle up here, where people have big-ass boats or horse trailers or 5th-wheels to haul. The fam goes on vacation for a month and takes mosts of the house with them. Since it’s too expensive to use as a daily driver, (plus the cap on the back reduces usefulness for contractors, not to…