The Mustang is comparing apples to bananas. It’s twice the size, guzzles gas, is based on ancient technology, has an incredibly cheap and ugly interior and drives great as long as you only want to go in a straight line. Your enthusiastic embrace of RWD in slippery conditions notwithstanding, Mustangs handle like…

I’m not going to argue that the Mini isn’t a somewhat boutique car and is priced accordingly, but I do quibble with the claim that the Mini convertible involves a ‘hefty upcharge.’ Please find me another brand new 4-seat, FWD, MT convertible for $25K or less and then we’ll talk. And yes, I understand that’s not a…

True, but that’s only for the true-green believers who never need to road trip or who have another car. Even Tesla continues to be plagued by range anxiety and for the vast majority of potential EV consumers a sub-100-mile range is a deal-breaker. The Volt let you have the same effective electric capabilities as the…

Yep. If your daily there-and-back commute is under 50 miles you can plug it in overnight and never buy gas again. There was even an entire discussion about keeping the never-used gas in the tank fresh for people in that situation. Short of a full EV, this was a really good option for anyone trying to be…

You also get a fraction of the interior space and no back seat. I can’t fit into a Miata, I need to carry a kid AND a wife on a daily basis and I live in a climate that makes RWD inadvisable. Miata is NOT the answer for me and the Mini convertible is. This particular model is a premium special edition; I got my new 201…

Note this is a premium edition; I was able to buy a brand new 2018 convertible for $27K with a manual. I have heated seats, LED headlights and no other options which is fine with me. If you want to lard on navigation, HUD, turbo, run-flats and a ton of other crap you can get over $30k easily, but that’s not the point…

I cross-shopped the 2-series with my 2018 Mini Convertible and it wasn’t even in the same ballpark. Considerably bigger, more expensive and with a lot less interior space, the 2-series is not a reasonable alternative. If you’re comparing a fully-loaded Mini vs. a base 2-series you may have an argument, but that’s not…

How? In 6'2" and can barely fit in one, let alone drive one.

I can sympathize with Torch NOT wanting to take it into the dealer: the hassles involved with interacting with the condescending, lying, incompetent and generally greedy assholes at the service counter are a good 1/3 of the pain that comes with buying a VW. The other 2/3 is all the shit that falls apart for no good…

I would cheerfully take a free Bugatti Chiron on the proviso I never drive it. I would then sell it and spend a few million on something more important.

Im not going to buy it because I have many, many better things to spend 30k on, but I still gave this a NP. It’s a manual, it’s a convertible, it’s a Ferrari and GOOD GOD IT HAS FOUR SEATS! 4-seat droptops are vanishingly rare and I need one because I’m always driving around the munchkin. I like the looks and I’ll…

This was a toughie. The manual diesel wagon appeals to my heart and I don’t care about the low HP. When you have plenty of torque and a 5-speed, that’s not really an issue. It looks decent enough and would make a good winter beater, assuming the rust isn’t too bad (it probably is). BUT...it’s a VW and thus an almost…

Everything about this car screams “trying too hard.” even in pristine, brand-new condition I wouldn’t be caught dead in it. Besides, its version of ‘performance' was pathetic then and ludicrous now. CP.

Yeah, you keep clinging to that one straw, bucko. The fact that this buffoon is so far gone into dementia that he can’t even express his lies clearly should tell you why voting him into the presidency was an incredibly bad idea.

The problem is that he IS the president.

You call him out on his lies. And you use that actual word: lies. Our lapdog press seems to be too scared to actually tell the truth - you know, the thing that’s their actual job?

You’ve got to wonder at the thought process going on here:

I was on the fence until the picture of the interior. Then I fell asleep.

In 1991 I was moving from southern Ontario to upstate New York for a year of grad school. I was driving a 1988 Chevy Sprint that got 50+ MPG with it’s 70hp, 3-cylinder, 5sp drivetrain. At the time the Canadian dollar was worth about $0.75 US but that was offset somewhat by the never-sufficiently-to-be-damned GST that…

I dont have an opinion on Audis specifically, but I will mention that I have sworn off VAG products forever after being very badly burned by a (supposed) creampuff Eos that effectively lived in the shop for most of my time owning it.