Any time I’ve ever had a car interesting enough for people to talk to me about it I’ve always tried to offer to have them drive them. The Golf R, the FiST, the heavily modified B3 wagon Passat, the 900 Turbo, the V5 engined Toledo and my GTV. I have a few friends who are very into cars, and we do try and make sure we…

“My favorite bit of this onboard video is the section in the .gif above, the Maggots, Becketts, Chapel Curve segment. It blows my mind that these cars have enough downforce to negotiate that section of the track so quickly.”

Honestly, one of my abiding memories, working for Jordan F1 back in 2004 (work placement…

Holy hell, never thought my dream car could exist, yet here it is, being talked about and possibly still existing.
Maybe 2019 isn’t all bad?

I mean, nobody is going to point out the solar panels, and it’s in Scotland.
I mean, there’s optimism (selling ice cream in Scotland) but then that’s the cherry on top right there.

/sarcasm

Not sure if anyone can comment until the full details are released but is this thing still a “development” or “evolution” of the old 458/488 chassis, because it certainly looks like it is.
Not that it’s a bad thing, those two are some of the best looking Ferraris in recent years. Just wondering when the guys in Modena…

I like your thinking, though me and some friends are already doing daft distance adventure stuff on inappropriate things here in sunny Europe:

This is very correct. Ask the Peugeot rental I had in Portugal last weekend. When you get lost (I blame Google) and can’t turn back on a logging road that has ruts bigger than your wheels, you find out how capable normal cars actually are.

This, so much this. My Alfa GTV was being pushed into daily duty in Jan, I thought I had everything covered and covered well. But it then took daily driving to flush out more of the bugs. Driving fine every weekend? Sure. Driving fine every single day? Not so much.
Not half assing any of it either. But still, it will…

I keep doing this, I keep assuming these awesome places in the UK are millions of miles South of me in the home counties (I thought Retro Power were there too) but actually they’re in my back yard... Yeesh, I need to stop writing off these things and just get down there.

I mean we know it’ll never really catch on, but you’re right, speaking louder about there being other points of view/different tastes should be more of a thing.
My dear old (satin black) nail of a B3 Passat wagon had this sticker on it:

Wouldn’t really be carpenters, it’d be down to the team “Truckies”. They’re a team of guys who truck (duh) all the equipment for the teams to each race/back to the factory. They’re likely more expensive than union carpenters as they all have to be full time employed and capable of driving the support vehicles and…

Had mine stolen off my Golf R in November last year. Not in the US though so it ain’t no biggie. Though it was over £1500 to replace the pair. Yay :/

Probably because they sell them here in the UK, the joys of digital gauge clusters eh? And as for the 2018 model, it has been out for a little while anyway in Europe.

Funny that, I hate the Juke but love the Multipla.

My one and only Golf had to go back in January (company car lease here in the UK) but it was my first ever new factory built car to my spec, and boy did I love that thing.
A ‘17 Mk7.5 (310) R, manual, forged 19" wheels, Lapiz blue, 3 door with the Dynaudio pack. That’s all it needed to be perfect

As others have said, on the actual disc? No, it doesn’t bother me, it’ll be gone at the first bit of braking.
On the hub/part of the disc between the wheel which doesn’t get scrubbed by the pads? Yes, a bit.

My 17 Golf R had a section between the wheel and disc that went rusty within weeks of it being new. Was a mild…

It’s not their fault they’re delusional, they’ve been drinking Irn Bru since they were in the womb, it does things to the brain honest. You can tell from the way they pronounce things...

Aye pal, certainly isn’t a “Union” flag now is it? Dunnae yoo furgettit either pal.

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Although I don’t think I’d be able to handle the hate too well, daily driving a McLaren F1 may just make it more worthwhile. Especially with someone else paying the maintenance, and knowing I can swap out the other 9 cars at 3 a year. I’d work my way through all my dream cars, running them as daily beaters to make my…

Just rub that EU passport for luck for me willya? Don’t bother praying though, we’re bloody heathens as you know.