Watching the barriers, its like a nice stop-motion animation.

So, another simplified way to look at this is... its the FWD class version of a DTM car?

I would rock the hell outta that.

I really like VW's new "Smile" commercial. I'm sorry, but the first time I saw it, i watched with a grin all the way to the end, having NO idea what it was for... then I saw the logo..

I vote, that when (if? sun never sets on a badass) General Yeager passes away (no morbid), that we dedicate October 14th to be some sort of National holiday. Everyone should do their best to go as fast as possible. Yeager was first to break the barrier, Baumgartner was first to break it with no machine. I'm not sure…

I was thinking of doing this. On my 4, I polished the edges. Just the right amount of subtle. On this, it'd almost be like throwback status.

I used my 95 audi 90qs to win a winter TSD rally- 170 miles of not-roads in 3-6" of snow and ice? Just awesome. So much fun. I was stuck with the 6cyl, but my old 4000 had th sonorous I5 and I miss it. These cars will always have a soft spot with me.

Just further proof that early 90s Audis can make any speed look dull. Having owned one, I say this with a grin. Built like tanks that thought they were bullet trains back then.

Here is a recycled bicycle part chandelier I made for a friends Bike Shop like two years ago. It has no social/political agenda. I made it in about 3 hours. It's about 4ft tall and 2ft in diameter. Her stuff has got to weigh a ton, and judging by the scale of the chains and the bikes she pulled, those are tiny.

I'll play the blasphemous card, like your M1 -

Hot hatch with over 200hp to the front wheels? So close. I -am- driving a golf R and would have considered a mid-200hp volvo if it was awd and a stick.

I bought a 2012 Golf R. So VW, you've already got my vote.

Don't thank god. Sadly half the religious nut jobs are part of whats been holding up this science for years. Believe what you need to believe in, but at least -know- that people and science will be your savior on the medical front.

What I like the most here, is the phenomenal outpouring of proverbial book-writing from the commentariat. The manual transmission is the last bastion of the enthusiast mindset. Cars can get more advanced- I'm fine with that. Save some people, prevent some accidents, use less fuel, thats fine. But the manual must live…

In NY its called an "Unsafe Start" and counts as a moving violation worth 3 points and some cash. Furthermore if you stick out the fun, its considered "Inability to Control Vehicle", and if you have the delicious power to do so, it's "Speed Unreasonable for Conditions" or some bullshit like that. I think "Failure to…

Quite moving to see the instant outpouring of support from the community. Car people = good people.

negative waves mannnnn, negative waaavesss!!

I believe that's a full stack.

VW MkV Jetta.

+1 for the Roswell launch site of a weather balloon, thats funny.