When you turn the wheel, a hydraulic pump is pumping hydraulic fluid to your steering rack to make it push your tie rods, which makes your wheels turn. Once you get to full lock, your wheels can’t turn anymore because the steering rack is at it’s maximum, but the pump is still trying to pump fluid. This overloads your…

Your front diff has a half shaft going to each wheel. Since the diff is off to one side, the shafts are not the same length. Since each shaft is made of metal and not some unobtanium, when you apply torque to that shaft, it’s going to flex a little bit as it twists. The amount is flexes increases with the length of…

It’s just more complicated. On a longitudinal (front to back), you have engine, flywheel, clutch, transmission, driveshaft, axle, all in a straight line. Very simple. Whereas with a transverse engine, you would have to have engine, flywheel on the side, that goes to a transmission also on the side, now that has to…

Or in the case of a rotary engine:

It’s becoming less and less of a problem as development advances. Take my car, for example, a 2018 GTI. Older models that had direct injection (2014 model year, for example) did have some carbon issues, so people installed catch cans and emptied them every few oil changes. Now on the 2017 and up versions of the same…

Yeah, people just suck. I just bought a new GTI with an automatic because I am enamored with the shift speed of the DSG, I drive in a LOT of heavy traffic now, and I want to tune my car, and the stock clutches are weak. All good reasons in my opinion, yet I still get shit from people because I didn’t get a manual so…

4WD: You slide a lever or push a button and a transfer case locks all four wheels together. These wheels will stay locked together until you un-press that button or un-slide that lever.

All exhaust systems have back pressure of some kind, which is the pressure in the exhaust from trying to push out a gas. Your engine is always making exhaust gasses when it’s running, so you send them through a tube out the back to get rid of them. Traveling through a tube takes time, so the new exhaust is trying to…

This. There are a lot of safety mechanisms included in cars with start/stop that won’t activate unless it’s ideal conditions. For instance, low oil temp, hot starter, lower battery charge, and other creature comforts like climate control set at 70 but it’s 74 in the car, etc. On my GTI, I just disabled the start/stop…

Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic, but you can change what the engine sees from the ECU. Not that the actual tuner changes your gear ratio or wheel size, but if you swap in a new axle with a different ratio and wheels with larger or smaller overall tire height, you can plug that in so that it changes how your…

Hell, I bought a MK4 Jetta 1.8T for $5k, arguably one of the least reliable cars out there, and only need to change 02 sensors and a crank speed sensor in the first 2 years of ownership.

Very impressive, thanks for all the info! I really appreciate it.

Once again, for the third time, when I bought one, the DSG and the manual versions were the same price off the lot. In fact, the one I bought, for whatever reason, was $1000 cheaper than the same trim manual car, just in a different color. MSRP doesn’t mean a thing.

Even if he co-signed and the other party defaulted, the repossession would be on the vehicle he co-signed on, not his own.

Well, you should be blaming the customer. If they have a budget of $35k, then they can not afford a Jeep Grand Cherokee that retails for $42k. It is 100% their fault. If they want to pay more in the long run and take out a super long loan just to meet their monthly target, it’s great that the financial institution of…

Who’s complaining? You said the DSG is more expensive up front and in maintenance, and is unnecessary. I said that off the lot, they are the same price, and if you have to buy a new clutch on the manual version just because you flashed it (or like to take off quickly), which is extremely common, then no, the DSG is…

I just bought a MK7.5, just curious, what mods do you have to get to that 360hp mark?

You’re right, 220hp is so excessive, and no person should ever want more power out of their vehicle. Let’s go ahead and ban all cars with 200 or more horsepower.

USA here so can’t comment on trim levels, but get the one with the VAQ differential. It is magical.

Seconded, just got one last week. Soundaktor is off, auto start-stop is off, and a single press of the traction control button now turns off traction and stability control. 30 minutes is even the high estimate.