I laughed way too hard at this. MetaDeadspin at its subtle finest.

TIL that an MD and a JD are “masters degrees”.

What if you take a teammate’s water and drink it to make your pee clearer? Who’s the selfish teammate then? Really makes you think...

Ran when parked.

Those look like scallions but I’m no Englishman.

I would take one of these over three Ferraris.

“It’s the pleats.”

Arm wrap, impeding progress, no chance at playing the ball, scoring opportunity in the box.

Do it! I do. Comfort mode for the drive to work, Race mode for the drive home. Great daily.

It really depends. In Canada, the prices are pretty similar. I love my R, and I hate FWD wheelspin/hop. I had to pay sticker because of the very limited availability, and that hurt when you compare the prices to a loaded GTI (I’m in the US). Coming out of a corner, they feel pretty different. On the highway, not…

I have a 2016 R. Tuned, lots of suspension mods. I autocross it. Not a single problem.

Very little. They’ve changed the way the options are packaged, and a few small differences in available tech features, like high-beam assist, for which the capability has existed since the Mk 7 release but have not been activated. I have a 2016 R.

But at that point, the wheel might as well just be rubber if you’re never going to caress it.

Not to derail the topic at hand, but what’s the consensus on Alcantara steering wheels? I’ve seen so many pictures of GT3's with really gnarly-looking Alcantara wheels after people sweat into them for a while. Can you revive them after that?

It would only be worthy if Torch did a comprehensive review of their shapes and sizes in post-war Volkswagens manufactured throughout the world, as well as a trippy future vision for their evolution in the dawn of the automated car world.

VWvortex

Great photos. Thanks.

And interior design...

Great to see a deceptively fast and gritty ex-player with a big motor and a high football IQ getting the attention he deserves. As a former gym rat, he really played with a lot of heart, a real lunch pail guy you’d love to see your daughter dating.

Only the R is still only built in Germany. And only for now, until the Mexican plant gets retooled for the newer Haldex system, from what I’ve heard. Engines are built in Hungary even now, though.