I see what you’re on about. Admittedly, I think it’s a combination of the leather being used being tanned fairly soft (think Ford’s Baseball Glove leather seats, just not as nice a hide), and the P.O. using saddle soap / mink oil / something similar on them. Softer hide (possibly from the elusive Napa) means that the…

Haha, fair deal. This was about 3 minutes of hunting on autotrader. I can’t believe how cheap some of these are going for how few miles are on them. $36,000 for <7,000 miles? Super tempting. Would just have to look for another one, if the dealer turned out as sketchy as the video ad would imply.

Better example, for about $6,000 cheaper

You know the answer. You’ve mentioned it yourself... They’re out there, and for half reasonable prices if you’re willing to buy one with just a couple thousand miles on the clock.

I can’t imagine that the people who actually offroad would be at all interested in a truck that wheels itself. That’s, like, 95% of why someone goes offroading in the first place.

A B-Segment hatchback with plastic cladding. I’m still not sure why the rise of the hatch-back has the knickers of so many Jalops in a twist.

Dude. Costo coffee kicks ass! It’s cheaper than freaking Foldgers at the LOL-Mart, roasted by one of a couple of the big name premium roasters, and is one of a variety of blended / single sources.

your picture came through alright. If you want to rage, check out the pricing pic on my post above from a few weeks ago. God, I love the midwest.

...that’s cute. Here’s it’s anywhere from $0.50/gal to $0.70/gal. Then again, when the baseline price is as much than Canada, it doesn’t sting quite as bad. It DOES make it more painful to buy premium, though (even higher price difference as a % of cost).

“That guy” chiming in...

I must say. Digging your taste in Car, doggo, and defensive projects. I feel your pain on the wait times, and admittedly have been trying to hold off and wait for HUSH to pass. Sadly, recent events seem to be conspiring against it something fierce...

Bwahahahaha, completely fair statement on the Haldex front (the little ‘q’). I may or may not have mentioned this to the odd GolfeR owner who made mention of unacceptable interior quality (a not entirely invalid point...)

No sweat, I made mention of it as much to irritate the Audi faithful as much as anything. not sure why there’s friction between the Subaru and VAG crowds, but like hell if I’m going to rock the boat, there.

...also saved me having to post “something large and centerfire” as a suggestion (I’m partial to Belgians, or their Czech offshoots, myself.)

LOL

Keep in Mind, the WRX / STi have always been rare as hen’s teeth in Europe, because they all cheer their umpteen Euro/liter gas. The cars are still selling strong in Japan, and they literally can’t keep them on the lots in the US. I’m not saying that the STi isn’t ready for another engine architecture, but it’s…

I have a strong feeling that Subaru is going to be rolling out a new FA platform engine for the STi, either in the next generation (we just had an architecture refresh, so think 3 years), or in the refresh after that.

I’d argue it’s the First 3!
The S3, after all, is a GolfeR with a trunk (not that there is anything remotely wrong with this)

All I have to say is that you’re completely overlooking the tragedy of the commons. When something belongs to everyone, then no one gives a shit about it. As has been the case since the beginning of private transportation as an industry, much of the reason for private vehicle ownership is having a mode of…

Quite the opposite. They were more than likely very good pilots. They just happened to be good pilots who were partaking in an extremely high risk activity. The implication is that they rolled the dice and came up snake eyes.