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The 100 series [at least before 06-07 when they put in the VVTi system and way more modernity] can be and is regularly run with regular gas from a bunch of people on ih8mud with no ill effects.  It’s not a problem in these motors

When is this obsession with making wheels look absolute shit with black paint going to end?  Gross.  The rest of the car is pretty awesome 

White wheels and roof would look awesome on that truck

The “Italian tuneup” is revving the shit out of the motor to redline often once oil is at temp, which doesn’t matter on a DI car...or probably many fuel injected modern cars at all [but definitely not the DI ones]. The best way to supposedly keep DI engines away from the carbon fairy on the valves is like you said, ext…

Maybe it was frequent 6-3 downshifts that accelerated that synchro wear ;) 

When does that trickle down economics start making the rest of us millionaires?

My take on this is that if you are not completely in love with the car and can get into something for less financial outlay, you can win. It’s a coin flip on timing when the market will start to fall again.

The other problem is there are all manner of fucktards that have access to vaccination and won’t get it because they are brainwashed and the virus will mutate and wipe out all of our momentum.  This pandemic isn’t going away anytime soon

This is very good to know--thanks for the heads up!

I had a 97 GT 2.Slow as my first car.  I lusted after the VR6 and got to drive a lot of them as the porter at our local VW dealer

I feel like there is a place for a Carvana/Carmax like experience with older cars.  I’d love it if I could trade in my 2019 Alltrack for say, a 100 series Land Cruiser.  The sites like DeMuro’s and the shitheel that is BaT show there is a ton of demand for interesting older cars and to put a national online…

I agree with you—I had a Mk6 GTI that I think is one of the most gorgeous cars ever and now have a Mk 7.5 Alltrack. Worlds apart equipment wise [infotainment which I don’t really even care about much in aggregate and the lighting] and I would take the package of the Mk7 over the Mk6 even though I do think the Mk6 drew…

Did you just sell the car to Carvana without buying something?  I had looked at trading in my Alltrack with them and got a pretty good offer but wasn’t sure if the offers were as good if you were just selling your car to them

All GTIs can [and should] be had with a proper 3 pedal manual. The take rate in the US if I recall is higher than DSG, or if not higher, almost half.

Because it’s a Cabriolét, you see

Since you said Woof for the Ghost, that’s my choice.  Second place G80

D....did you say South Carolina?

I didn’t realize the new Mini had a distinguished goatee

Side rant based on your CR comment, I have to tip my hat to Consumer Reports, they actually emailed me to tell me my subscription was about to auto-renew 30 days early today. And I cancelled it. I had signed up for it when I was appliance shopping last year [not car appliance but actual appliance appliance] and…