Did this happen right before New Years? I tried to pick up a GTI at this dealership that week and they had a Lapiz Blue DSG/DCC/NAV R in their showroom. Their bottom line didn’t meet mine though so funnily enough two days later I picked up an R at a dealer outside Baltimore (the R at the other dealer ended up below…

The camera on my Golf R pops out from behind the emblem on the rear hatch when I go into reverse so even when it's exposed it's still covered from the top. They could easily engineer something like that. Or a thing like a tearoff on a motorcycle helmet that can slide across the lens and clean it. There are a million…

Hey from one random internet Matthew to another, thanks! And properly spelled too (our name), nice! :D

The current gen weighs 2,050 lbs and has an overall length 16 inches shorter than an NA Miata so it pretty much is a go cart compared to most modern vehicles...

Thank you! Came here to say exactly this. He's 52. I mean, I know he doesn't look it, but seriously. If it runs for a few years he'll be 60 when it's over, and playing a 25-30 something as a late 50 something is a lot different from playing a high schooler in your 20s.

Speedo recalibrated? Why? You use a smaller wheel with a tire that's the same overall circumference, so that you don't need to do anything special. For example, as long as they fit over your brakes a 215/50-17 is less than 0.5% different from a 235/35-19.

Yeah, because 19" winter tires are cheap. Tire Rack lists exactly one winter tire in 235/35-19 - the Pirelli Winter Sottozero Serie II for $262/ea. Or, $1100 shipped.

I applied minutes after the posting went up on the first day. How could I not? I applied last time too and made it past the first wicket - maybe this time, I'll get an interview. There's no greater aspiration for me than to peer down at our little marble from LEO or beyond, and assist future generations in getting out…

And yet you guys still always managed to get us the broken jets for ground tests ;) When I said on the FLYME I need working MCs, I meant it.

There's two "L's" in McGillis, boys.

But what about Wolfman?

Eh, they can just keep them on as the Chrysler and Dodge Classic, respectively. It worked for Chevrolet.

397 whp; 475 lb-ft of torque. Fully stripped and caged and aero’d out race car. Not sure what’s amusing about this. This isn’t some Fast and the Furious little kid, this is a race car.

I'm sure someone else already said this but the RS is not a limited production vehicle...

I’m not sure about the most recent version but the pre-2015 MY Tundra’s “black” B-pillar was just vinyl and many folks peeled them off.

From a 2015 335i to a 2016 340i the car GAINED 150 lbs? WTH?

Looking at the pic, which is admittedly low resolution, I can make the following educated guesses from the locations of the various RBF tags - pitot tubes on the front (or antennas, though there are a few antennas along the bottom that don’t have covers so more than likely pitots), then you probably have (an) inlet…

I agree in principle but not with the specifics. Looking at this from a reasonable person standard, (1) and (2) are basically the same thing and are not rooted in reality. (1) should be reduced to "Fair Market Value" and (2) should be in accordance with established policy in the US and elsewhere. We don't need to…

$49 for a cabin air filter vs. $9.72 for the OE part on Amazon. BEFORE installation labor. I’m sorry, but that is absurd. Particularly when the only purpose for the visit was implementation of a RECALL - i.e. they weren’t making money off of us, so they looked for two opportunities to upsell (the other was $75 for…

“Nicer” is meaningless. “Does it fit what the owner wants the vehicle to do for them?” Is the relevant question - not, “Which is ‘nicer’”?