I’m an ex-VW fan, and I approve of this message.

Agreed that it’s handsome. Look at it this way - Hyundai designed the 2017 Passat 12 years ahead of schedule.

My Dad had one when I was a little boy. I remember having a family of four going from Poland to Bulgaria in one of these. Clever packing and a roof rack were necessary when planing a trip like this. I remember picking up a fridge and loading it horizontally on the roof rack. Our little “Maluch” became a little top…

The Top Gear guys were wrong.

The solution is simple: Have a physical key.

How many Ladas are in your garage?

Eh. China + poor quality is an old idea that people can’t seem to shake. I visit Shenzhen and Southern China every few weeks for work and every time I go it’s more and more evolved.

and the EcoSport is being imported from India.

They don’t have to deal with the UAW over there.

The lack of a manual transmission didn’t keep me from leasing a ‘17 (the automatic is pretty good, for a slush box) but it will keep me from a ‘20 when I turn it back in. Great car, and it’s been a fabulous experience, but I really miss shifting my own gears.

If a Giulia could be had with a stick, there would already be one in my garage - I would even break my “no first year cars” rule for one. I’ve owned two Alfas already, and both were good experiences, I have no fear of a new one.

counter : all SUVs are stupid and only a fraction of the owners need their capacities. However, two door SUVs are even stupider because the whole point of SUVs is that they’re practical, I never look at my GC and think “you know what would be great? If it was harder for passengers to get in!”

Obviously you didn’t keep reading. Autopilot is not a perfect system, nor meant to be used without any human intervention. It’s incumbent upon the driver to pay attention to the road and to take over should the computer have trouble. The driver didn’t, Tesla is not to blame for his negligence and incompetence.

The IT crowd? It’s excellent (one of my repetitive go-tos on Netflix). Just don’t try to watch the couple episodes of the US version.

Is the show any good?

Knowing GM, if it’s a good idea, they won’t do it. Also it probably was a huge piece of shit, like all GM products.

Member clutches? I member

Simple fix - don’t use the Mail App.

I don’t think I’ve used a mail app since Outlook Express a decade ago.

I wish my BRZ came in that color.