I agree with this completely and I’m pretty close to ordering the burger motorsports tuner along with the peddle/throttle modulator plugin fix. Otherwise it is a phenomenal vehicle, just underpowered and slow, and the transmission is tuned for old ladies and merging on the highway can be dicey if you don’t shift it…

I have a 2018 Tiguan R Spec and if they upgraded it to an ACTUAL performance version R with more of the Golf R’s mechanicals (engine) I would absolutely take my lease back early and upgrade to it, because other than a confounding transmission and underpowered engine it’s an incredible vehicle. 

They should hand out points for avoiding oil slicks and tornadoes just like in the famed racing circuit Super Sprint of the 1980's 

It’s the CFL, so amateur teams

If they want to do the geofencing thing, then it should work the other way too, remove the limiter on autobahns and racetracks. Not that people are tracking their Volvo’s, but it would be a good precedent to set. 

This is absolutely awesome. Listen to that crowd. LET THEM PLAY

I appreciate your level of savage here

This is awesome, and that is one damned smooth/sweet swing

No Deadspin article ever has so perfectly encapsulated everything that is wrong with the world Today.

Agree with everything you just said

I’m guessing you didn’t like either of these cars because they are so, so numb. They are both objectively fantastic, looks, appointment, etc. But they both feel SO disconnected from the pavement. That’s what I read into your comment. 

this is subtle gold sir

As a car guy I guess my opinion is biased, but as far as transportation level offences against our air quality, it seems to me like driving really fast would be WAY down the list behind transport trucks, old cars, too many cars, planes, V8’s (😢) etc. Show me the math on how big of a problem this really is. Yes…

ugh, please perma-ungrey me deadspin gods? It has been years. 

After the run of bad luck he’s had in life, this is a perfectly normal outburst. Nice to see something go his way for once. 

yeah seriously. I’ve already added this to my ‘must reads’ before even knowing if this was just a joke. 

It is absolutely insane that there isn’t a third party whose only job is to watch games to alert officials to OBVIOUS misses like this. There is no reason the official couldn’t have a screen in a pocket that can be sent this within seconds to overturn something pivotal. We don’t need long replay delays for something…

thank you

Is it true that the engine has been moved forward 20cm? So far the only person I’ve seen mention this is Mr JWW and it seems very significant to me. Can you confirm?

She must be spending a lot of time in the McLaren maintenance forums lol