Same for me in my wagon. In my old car (a sedan), people were fine. Now? I am constantly getting cut off, or tailgated. People typecast the hell out of you based on your vehicle. 

Make it a plugin hybrid with ~50-60 miles of EV range, and AWD, and I’m in.

I recently traded a BMW for a VW, one of the primary reasons being to get back into a manual.

Or, if you’re still anxious and you’ve got the space, workout at home. Even with no equipment you can get a great full body workout using any number of exercise videos. Many are designed to be doable in a hotel room, so you really don’t need a lot of space. If you purchase a few basics like dumbbells and maybe a…

They also used to have spicy nuggets IIRC. And up until like last year, their breakfast burrito was pretty solid.

Some places have started implementing auto-calculators into their payment mechanisms and sometimes the defaults are weirdly low. Village Inn in particular has buttons on the credit card keypad for 12%, 15%, and 18%, I believe. Anything else and you have to hit an extra button to customize it. I wonder what effect…

I’ve never been hit myself, but I did watch someone get hit pretty good one night a few years ago. It was a pretty good hit, too. Victim got launched at least 5-6 feet forward and landed on the pavement. Before I had a chance to pull my phone out he was already up, yelled something at the car, then stumbled away into…

The provided software seems very limited. Is it locked down or can you roll your own analysis platform?

Not to mention it’s fairly easy to tune the engine for those 1000 lb-ft of torque... just turn up the boost a bit and call it a day.

But what about the people violently squeezing all the avocados?

Good to know! And they are pretty reasonably priced too. Although I don’t know if I could pull off a red accent against the green car as well as it works with your blue.

Electric motors are in the mid-upper 90s in terms of efficiency these days. They are very efficient.

Hello, fellow Alltrack owner. I’m digging the wheels.

Can confirm, my dad owns two MkIVs, and my sister shattered the oil pan on one on a rock that was a little bigger than she estimated. After that, both of them got the “panzer plate” treatment.

Tell me about it. My wife’s car has 19s and when it came time to buy winter rubber, it was cheaper to get a set of wheels and tires in 18" than just tires in 19". Good thing they fit over the brakes.

A good rule of thumb at least for us is an hour of stops every six of driving.

It really is. Peak HP is actually quite low in the powerband and falls off as speed increases. This chart is for a P90 but the curves are likely similar for the 75D.

I work in local government. Our holiday party consists of a 2-hour catered lunch onsite with no alcohol. There’s really no risk of shenanigans to be found, but it’s still worth leaving early (like, as soon as possible); I’d rather be back at my desk working than making sober smalltalk with a bunch of people I don’t…

My brother went through this. He was in a band with some friends, that had a minor hit. They were sued because an algorithm found a few notes of their melody matched that of someone else’s song. Dragged out in the court system for years and killed any chance at residuals for him.

My 2.5L NA jetta sportwagen is rated for 32 on the freeway, consistently gets around 37-40mpg. Keeping the speed under 75 has been key- that seems to be the point where air resistance says “Ima add an extra stop for gas and erase all your gains in speed if you don’t slow it down a little.”