I used to dread reading the horrors that David was encountering but still had to read. The above video my jaw dropped and I smiled at the same time. I am emotionally invested now.

Mine’s nothing special. It’s a 1982 GTV6. This is her.

Dammit.

Interesting fact.

Back then I was doing some work with automakers in Detroit and Germany. The joke was someone asking Daimler’s Dieter Zetsche 

I miss those days of wrenching. Almost makes me want to get a project of my own.

I always love dropping off the mystery fluid at the recycling station, they ask what it is and you sort of have to go umm stuff from a car, gotta go bye

Thanks for the great writeup. It’s nice to see a review from someone who seems to get the car. Rs aren’t the kind of cars to grab headlines with big numbers and outrageous claims. And I get it, it’s not fun to sit on the internet and bench race about the comfort of seats or the quality feel of the platform and all the…

I used to think they were worth it. I restored a bunch of stuff back on the 80s and 90s, then took 20 years off from cars. I just finished a 3 year resto on a junkyard-find ‘66 Charger, only to realize that in the past 20 years, new cars have become so good that these old muscle-cars are prehistoric penalty boxes.…

Theoretically, yes. When Frenchie inhaled the baguette and bought le farm, the TDI infected air he or she would’ve breathed is now still in the atmosphere. Some other poor sod will now breathe the TDI air, leading to their untimely passing.

Putting aside the stereotypes of “dedicated VW bros” for a moment, I do agree that people tend to have a one-track mind when they decide they like something. But I hardly think that is always the case. I’ve had very little brand affinity in the 20+ cars/trucks/bikes I’ve owned. I shop around for what my current needs…

It’s good for the shock value, but it’s not watt I’m looking for.

Same with minor faults. I’ve seen cars sold with worn and busted wipers, something that is one of the easiest things to sort, and with burned out headlamp bulbs, and the ever popular “just needs a new oil filter, new filter included with sale”. FFS, if you have the new filter then change it and sell it as new filter…

Nothing a little fiberglass and paint won’t fix...wait, that’s actually true.

Wow, that’s a pretty good description. Now that you mention it, I can really see the resemblance. Thanks.

Oh. Yeah! My car does do that! I figured it was a feature.

My old 95 Saab 9000 aero had more reverse lights on the front of the car than the back.

My favorite quirk is how every 90's Saab smells like the den of a lawyer, full of leather bound books and faint cigar odor.

Classic Saab 900 sedan has a drivers seat with an “ejector handle”. It seems like it’s to move the seat (like rock it) forward to let people into the back... but it’s a sedan?

Also... if you run the AC and the heat, it blows cold out of some vents, and hot out of others. Weird.

But then anybody can see your precious cargo of broken lawn chairs, riding mower seats, and bald tires.