Oh Jesus, I’m old but not that old!

Genesis, Invisible Touch tour, Giants Stadium, 1986 - my first concert. God damn I feel old now.

Yup, we’ve got a 2007 A4 Avant manual that we are nursing along (still running like a champ at 160K miles) because we can’t get a proper replacement. Make it so I have to buy an automatic or the stupid, jacked up allroad and I’m going to look at other options. If I’m forced to buy an automatic, that Volvo V80 is…

I’m really starting to think they should have made io9 a sub-blog of Jalopnik instead of Giz. This is some damn fine journalism right here!

Oh, I crave this more than anything, but with the Darth Vader comic timeline is post-ANH and Rogue One is just before, Dr. Aphra hadn’t reactivated Triple 0 and BT yet. I got the impression they had been out of commission for a long while.

I don’t believe they are recommended for indoor use because you’d probably end up with some unhealthy concentrations of the deterrent building up. If the room was large and well ventilated, I’d probably risk leaving a unit on the window sill, but that’s about it. You’ll blow though a butane cartridge a night though (a…

I don’t believe they are recommended for indoor use because you’d probably end up with some unhealthy concentrations…

Wait, you’re telling me that every two cylinders had a share an exhaust pipe on this thing? Bugatti was really cutting back on the extravagance.

Anybody remember an Isuzu commercial from the 80s with a bunch of young, Japanese executives sitting around a boardroom table and an older chairman type sitting at the head. The young guys all had English dictionaries and were reading off ridiculous names (“Chicken!” “Skunk!”) for their new car to the chairman who was…

We’ve had three A4s - ‘02 3.0 , ‘07 2.0T Avant and ‘10 2.0T - all 6-speed manuals with quattro. Aside from some the 3.0's tendency to eat coil packs and the 2.0's thirst for oil, all three were relatively trouble free. The Avant has had some work (new clutch, new turbo and intercooler at ~130K) but it lived a rough…

The Audi has noticeably better cargo space and the rear seats feel significantly roomier even if some of the dimensions suggest otherwise. I’m comparing back to the B7, you’d be looking at a B8 probably so it should be even better. I will say this about VW/Audi, they are masters of space efficiency. The truck space on…

I actually recall an ad in the late 80s for a dealer in Connecticut offering them in pairs. Seriously, it was two X1/9s for something like $10K.

See, I consider that a benefit. I’m in exactly the same situation as you. I traded in my A4 (my third, we still own our second) on a 2013 CPO X3 last year. Even though it’s a tallish crossover, I love the rear-biased AWD system that lets me have a little fun with the right pedal but then behaves properly when I do. I…

Your first choice is everything a concept car should be. Seeing it driven by Prince Rainier around the Monaco circuit with Princess Grace in the passenger seat is one of the greatest scenes in the history of cars.

Sadly, that actually happened in 1982 when four of the Thunderbirds crashed together in formation. These guys are watching each other, not the ground. If the leader screws up, they are all screwed.

Wow, flattered to be quoted in this article. That said I know my comments will probably get a few people fired up (this is Gawker after all). For background, we’ve been members of an organic CSA for years, and are fanatical what we put into an on our child. That said, mosquitoes are becoming more of a danger than they…

Wow, flattered to be quoted in this article. That said I know my comments will probably get a few people fired up…

THIS THIS THIS! I am so sick of every product claiming it is “just as effective as DEET”, even those with supposed scientific studies. NOTHING is as effective as full strength DEET. Many of those product claims are based on low concentrations. This stuff does wonders on mosquitos and black flies.

THIS THIS THIS! I am so sick of every product claiming it is “just as effective as DEET”, even those with supposed…

I would say your age probably has a lot to do with it. I’ll assume I’m a little older than you because my affection has always been for the Countach, which is the car that got me into cars.

Also not to be confused with the BT-1 “Blastomech” assassin droid from the Darth Vader comic series (which is an excellent read)

They’ll bring this but they won’t bring the A4 or A6 wagon back... fuck you Audi. Had three of them in a row and after the 2007 A4 Avant 6M in the garage finally gives up the ghost, I’m done with the brand. At least BMW still brings a wagon over and the Volvo offerings look fantastic.

Damn, I’m not fan of asset seizure laws, mainly because our legal system has been known to abuse them, but if there was ever a case for taking this guy’s car away... Lots of people pointing out that taking his license away is good but you don’t need a license to drive a car. So, take his car too.