That’s only the base model.  No tiguan with a TT V6.  

TOTALLY fair on that one.  It’s a vert, use it when it makes sense. 

Because April to Mid-June is convertible weather, July/August are morning convertible weather (or late night), and September/October is convertible weather in the middle of the day before the “random chance of snow” arrives. July/August in the middle of the day is 105+ degrees, beating sun, and the A/C just just can’t…

Someone gets it.  “Slow” on something like a BRZ in Florida or LA is one thing.  “Slow” when you’re at 8500 ft and down 35% of that limited power sucks.  Now take something like the base crosstrek, add in that 1000 lbs, and whack 35-40% off the powerband...  and OUCH. 

Very true - it’s mostly the rest of the electronics that would make me want the extra warranty, and Porsche’s program is pretty solid.  But that’s a very good point.  Just can’t afford a NEW Taycan. 

I’ll admit: CPO Taycan or BMW I4 is likely my next workman do-everything car. It’s finally here, they’re finally ready, and you don’t have to deal with the Muskovites. I welcome our electron overlords. 

This is a big part of what got me to quit riding.  I had 2 years of barely on the bike (international travel for work), and when I came back, a Street Triple R was a terrifying terrifying machine - far more than it had been before, when it was just terrifying once over.  I quietly gave it up at that point.  Also,…

Alternate take: I don’t get why Jeep won’t let me pair the turbo-4 with the manual in the wrangler. Where I live, one makes power, the other is asthmatic and even slower than it should be. Different strokes, all that - I’m far more excited about the Bronco because it has the stick with a turbo motor ~period~. Sure,…

Me too.  Was seriously considering getting an SI in 2020...  before, well, you know.  I like this gen hatch, but the sedan is utterly boring to me.

It’s a neon with a body kit.  Priced similarly too.  Meh.  But the turbo GT was decently fun. 

Paint flaking/failing, the hatch issue, interior accelerated wear, and some minor electronic gremlins were the ones I hard about. Drivetrain was solid. I looked at them in 2018 before buying something else; haven’t followed them as much recently.  Like I said - EARLY owners.  Don’t know anything about current status;…

Don’t forget that a lot of early reports from owners stated quality problems/etc, and it’s still Kia, which means getting those issues fixed has been (apparently) problematic.  Less an issue on a 22k Soul, WAY more an issue on a 55k car.  

Ah yes.  Hoisting something over.  While standing on the wheel.  

Manual?

I use your roadtrip methodology for everything.  If I’m coming home and it hits the 1/4 mark, I stop (there’s a station before the 8 mile country highway leading to my house).  Unless it’s an emergency that I get home, of course.  

R8 - saw one on Mother’s day.  Regular around here.  NSX (new) - neighbor has one.  Model X?  There are 5 in the neighborhood.  I’d agree with not exactly common, but not rare either.  

Our lab uses an external drive array that takes the tertiary copy.  Once a week we swap it with a different one.  

My home lab - a freaking LAB, mind you, half made up out of scrounged up kit and whatever shit we have lying around - has not only backups, but replicated backups, and an air-gapped tertiary copy.  Rebuilding shit sucks.  

TourX is dead, isn’t it? 

This.  Got a year left?  Drive them all.