I don't understand why they wouldn't, but then again, there's a lot about car dealers that I don't understand. I have a set of Continental winter tires on my current car that happen to be the right size for the WRX, so it's not a big deal, I'll just have those put on. I was actually thinking about getting a set of DWS…

Based on my experience they are pretty much all totally clueless about what they're selling. Problem is, 95% of the car buying public is equally clueless.

I know... shocking, right?

Maybe full-on winter tires aren't an absolute necessity, but he was implying that the Sport Maxx RT's that come from the factory are perfectly fine in the snow, which is 100% false.

The guy was the dealership's "WRX specialist", which basically means that he attended a track day that was put on by Subaru for the dealerships in the area when the new WRX was introduced. He was clearly an idiot, but I learned while shopping for a WRX that most Subaru dealers are completely clueless when it comes to…

I had a guy at the Subaru dealership try to tell me that the Sport Maxx RTs on the new WRX are an all season tire and will perform perfectly fine in the snow. When I told him that there's no way you should be driving on those tires in the snow, he just gave me a dumb look and said "yeah, well, some guys put Blizzaks…

I've been getting familiar with it for almost 4 years now.

If I had the garage space, I'd buy a MKII tomorrow and restore that bastard. I like the MKI, but the MKII GTI is my favorite Golf.

I drove one about 5 years ago and I actually kinda liked it, but I didn't buy one because of the "image" associated with them. Maybe it's a regional thing, but in my neck of the woods, 9/10 G Coupes are piloted by douchebags. Also, I just assumed that every used G Coupe came with those smoked tail light covers :)

Clutch pedals are for poor people.

Poor palm tree.

"... a poser car for $30,000 millionaires whose idea of fun was slamming back Jägerbombs and grinding on women they referred to as "slampieces" in some horrid West Sixth Street bar."

I still love the iPod click wheel interface, and I had a similar issue with my first iPhone, but I got used to it, and I haven't used a phone with actual buttons since 2007. It was the iPod interface on the VW head unit that drove me nuts.

I know what you're saying, because I know people like that, but for what it's worth, I never watched 90210, I haven't owned a Walkman (or a cassette) since 1991, and I'm not some clueless old bastard who abhors technology.. not even close. I'm a fan of tech in general, I just don't like it in my car. I don't like…

Fuck. No. Just give me some knobs.

As a child of the 80's, I found this video to be pretty disturbing. The specter of nuclear annihilation may not have been quite as present in the 80's as it was, say, in the 60's, but it still seemed - as you said - like a probable scenario. I always assumed that things like this existed, but I could have done without…

I find this video both oddly fascinating and deeply troubling. I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't this.

I could write a 1000 word essay explaining every stupid mistake I've ever made, but that doesn't absolve me of responsibility for my actions. Granted, this guy does sound like less of an asshat than normal, and he's taken responsibility for his actions, but in the eyes of the C&C organizers, this is still asshattery.

I've always been into off road RC. Stadium trucks back in the day, then short course trucks and now crawlers too. I've always wanted an RS4 though. If HPI comes out with a 2015 WRX or STI body, I might not be able to resist the urge any longer.

That's true, but back when I first really became aware of Traxxas in the early 90's, they didn't really have much in the on-road department. I don't think that HPI even came out with the RS4 until at least 95/96. Shit man... I'm old.