I’m not a VAG fan in general, but this was peak Audi styling. Inside and out. The best was the coupes without the mini rear spoiler, but they needed that to keep the ass on the ground at higher speeds. No surprises when the profile of these is basically an airplane wing. Audi for the last 10 years has been nothing but…

Haggling over the internet causes me zero stress. Paying 1500 more than I need to does cause stress.

The annoying grinding pointless e-brake on our 2014 Outback is 1/4th of the reason I want to get rid of it. (others being high oil consumption even after an engine rebuild, throw out bearing in clutch going out at 57k miles, and pretty awful shifter)

The above 4 will be more reliable, but I’d look into getting the 07/08 MB GL 320 CDI. This was before Adblue and all that stuff to mess with. They average low 20's which is amazing for a 7-seater. The third seat I think is usable. What you lose in reliability you gain gas mileage. Good ones are 10-12K.

My mom had a Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser (actually 3 of them within 20 plus a Pontiac wagon). The last one was named Oprah (so wide in the rear). Had the 5.7 LT1. Could seat 8. Man that thing could do donuts in empty parking lots like mad. Something I learned when I turned 16.

I bought my 528iT 5MT from a small rural used car lot many would consider super shady. I’m sure he bought at auction like any other used car dealer. Autocheck he provided looked good. I bought a Carfax that checked out. I paid a random local mechanic $100 to inspect at his shop. (Dealer agreed immediately.) Paid…

Love it. Even if I won the lottery I wouldn’t be caught dead driving on city streets with the ridiculous GT3 wing that belongs on the track only. Everything about that damn wing says you’re trying to compensate for a fragile ego or body part. Only problem is I’d get a Singer over a GT3 if I had lottery money.

That seems like a riot. The Focus and GTI are trying too hard to be AWD/FWD BMWs. The Abarth and Fiesta are trying to be the greatest 80/90s Euro hot hatches/rally cars of all time. I’ll take the latter any day.

How do you sprechen ‘Canyonero’ in Deutsche?

This could be the least ugly car Nissan has made in 8 years. Progress!

I have to say I’ve always begrudgingly admired the Leaf for never pretending it wasn’t anything but an appliance. It was always so far away from the Jack Off Faux Environmentalist Look At Me Saving The World Prius Owners or the LOL Price Cool But Pointless Tech For People Who Hate Cars Of The Tesla. C-Pillar here…

I get VD just looking at the Camaro. The Citroen Cactus is the best thing on this list tbh. The Abarth is a POS, but what a wonderful loud silly POS. I love it for its ridiculous pointlessness. I can barely hear the whinging bro tears saying it lacks horsepower over the sound of its straight pipes

I admire the Wrangler. If I still lived in the desert again, I’d 100% want one eventually. But it’s just truly awful on pavement. We rented for our honeymoon on the Big Island. It completely sucked ass in every way until we got it off-road. And then my wife was upset. It would make an excellent 7th car. After a good…

The FiST beats the GTI and the FoST in three categories: F U N, CHEAP, FUTURE CLASSIC.

I think you’re thinking of a ridiculously complicated VAG product or any Mercedes after ‘95. Huh, huh vag. 90% of the warning lights on an E39/46 with a manual transmission involve simply pulling your Bosch ABS sensor and sending it off to be rebuilt for 100 bucks. The car is completely driveable without it. Other…

I’ve fixed every dash light on my E39 and E46 for the cost of a $100 sensor and light wrenching.

My philopsophy:

This headline captures almost every sedan made in the last 5 years IMHO.

I got one of these for my kids. http://www.big.de/en/products/big-bobby-car/big-new-bobby-car/big-new-bobby-car-blue-800056201/ I would say it’s the BMW of kid cars but I think a better metaphor is a W124 Benz. Very solidly built. It’s still going years later, and my kids destroy everything. There’s videos of adults…