love the alliteration right up front to wake me up on a lazy Friday morning - “perceived paucity of driving pleasure” is marvelous, just like this auto. Having just thrown $30K at a pair of VW 6MT wagons, it isn’t in the cards right now for me, but for say $15K, I’d be very, very enticed. Now take me out of the god…

This screams for a 6MT VW Jetta Sportwagen. Plenty of space for car seats and can easily haul on roof or in body. You can get incredible examples for $13-15K and they come with once-in-a-lifetime warranties courtesy of dieselgate. GET YOUR WAGON ON, GET ONE IN BROWN!!