It’s a normal torque converted automatic.

Someone else mentioned this, but these probably weren’t even traditional rentals, but a fleet used for ride sharing.

But I rent as many cars a year as most people rent in a couple decades, and the number of times I have encountered a rental car that wasn’t near perfect have been minimal.

a used 2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus with about 87,000 miles is a steal at $16,500.

Donks are real life versions of those “hot rod” drawings, with the comically oversized wheels doing burnouts.

you can’t just run a matte car through the car wash.

If it’s noticeable enough to be labeled as a “trend,” it probably sucks donkey balls.

You gotta drive one to appreciate it, I think.

Splitting an exhaust after the cat to two mufflers for aesthetics is just stupid.

The Carolina Squat. It was made illegal for a reason.

There was a time back in the 80-90s??? where people were running 8-10? in. rims and the giant rims was the backlash.

Two things: 1) No one would notice or care except for a car enthusiast, and 2) a car enthusiast will know it’s fake and write you off as a complete douche.

I wouldn’t call this a “fad”. People have been doing this for a long time. Remember donks? That trend was around 20 years ago. And every hot rod sketch I’ve ever seen had huge wheels.

I assume she bought that Kia a long time ago and just didn’t have the money to replace it.

The industry has moved on to “distinctive corporate identity” so every car has some design aspect that’s mandated so that it fits in with the rest of lineup, even if that design makes the car look worse.

These are all German muscle cars. They’ve done everything that can within the limits of a front engine platforms, so now they just keep bolting on more power, giving them more traction, and making them as fast in a straight line as physically possible.

Voted NP, but this is really market value.

I suspect VAGCOM can code the light out.

The first generation TT (and all of its platform mates) handled like garbage. The only reason to go for the first gen TT is that you like the styling.

The second lesson: don’t document your crimes on a dashcam for the police to use as hard evidence that you’ve been committing those crimes.