I thought we all agreed to never mention the 850Ci and its crappy setup of two separate engines ever again...

R/T Type-R SRT M-Sport VVTi GTI GDI-TDI

But the seat heaters will cease to function after about 30K miles. Then the windows will become finicky. You might have to swap lighting modules for a bit to see why only the left low beam and right high beam works at the same time. The fuel pump will either die at 35K miles, or outlive the actual car. The A/C will…

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It always bothers me when the license plate is missing a $0.10 screw. Nothing makes a car look trashier than a damn crooked plate! But at least "the tabs are goo".

I'd argue that it's actually VW's 'slight benefits are outweighed by all of the cost increases'

I love it. Cheap entry price, cheap maintenance, (probably) very reliable, great warranty if not, cheap insurance, hit-or-miss looks (definitely a hit with me).

Volkswagen doesn't have the best reliability, nor cheapest maintenance and repairs, nor does the GTI go easy on a young adult's insurance. There will be a big disparity in total cost of ownership, I think.

17mph City ought to save you a lot of gas!

Looks sick in matte black. Just imagining a big front-mount intercooler somewhere in there gives me a boner that I haven't had since 90s-era sport compacts weren't all 200k-mile beaters.

at #1: Give it up for the rich dumbasses in my hometown (West Palm Beach)!

Lol @ #9. I've seen lifted donks blow up differentials trying to drag race, but this tops it!

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CP. At 185K the little 4-pot and autotragic are past their prime. These make for cool M52/S52 swaps (if that stubby tail is your thing), but $3K is waaay too much for a near-future rolling shell. Especially with that greasy "seat cover" towel, dilapidated dash, and...they couldn't even bother vacuuming the driver's…

Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at Columbus AFB, Mississippi a few years ago on the back of its 747 for a refueling stop. I was an airfield systems tech and got to sit on the perimeter of the airfield the whole time. That was a neat day.

I actually love the Phoenix Yellow on M3s...and I see that I'm probably one of the only ones. It's just as well, because there aren't many out there.

Actually kind of cute when smiling in an obligatory Myspace angle. Also, this news story made it all the way to Nigeria News.

at the same time she'd probably leave the incurable 3H on your weiner — herpes, hepatitis, and HIV.

First thing I thought of. Mike Judge = comic genius with that movie.

Honestly I bet it's pretty cool to drive around in when running right...but I wouldn't pay that much for it.