The entire idea behind a “stock” class used to be just this. As little as 15 years ago, still had folks with stock Dodge Neons with cages, seats, full interiors, and little else in engine/suspension mods drive from DC to Summit Point, race, then drive home. Look at SCCA’s roots, and that’s how the club started.…

I was really curious as to how stance worked. I was assuming that maybe the cars arrived by trailer to the general show area - you know, sort of like highly modified track cars do. Maybe they were on bags, and the stance was some mechanism of the lowering function.

I’m really curious - do these kids trailer the cars to Ocean City, then drive around? Are they on bags? Coilovers?

TDI Wagon owner here - I’m not mad. I’m more disappointed. Like if I learned my best friend had a Harley with straight-pipes stashed in his/her garage. I’m not going to stop being friends with them; rather, I’m left sad and numb.

I think the reflexes award goes to the driver of the little green bug that barely squirted out of the way (quite possibly causing the CRV to slam on it’s brakes and get hit side and back).

I personally wouldn’t buy it...

I bought my current car a year and a half ago with 92k on the clock and with no known maintenance history. 10k miles later, I’ve changed the oil once (that’s a nice shriveled prune of an oil filter), and borrowed the wheels from my wife’s car after the tires went bald.

Found one! http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/…

Seeing this made me realize that VW recreated this car during this century with the 4-motion Passat 1.8t that was offered in a manual-tranny (in very small numbers in the US.) There was even a wagon version (well, at least 1 that my neighbor had).

Anyone who says that 160hp is “not enough hp” doesn’t know how to drive.

The best part about a 780 as a first car is that if they break anything on it, they’ll get to live with the memory of that mistake forever since 99% of the trim pieces and body panels are unique to only that car and near impossible to find!

My last track day (ever). And yes, it was in that wagon.

Wait, nothing on how much VW’s suck in the comments yet? I’d better add that in before Jalopnik implodes:

Making a mental note that when the apocalypse comes, breaking the window of a Ford product has a decent chance of presenting me with keys inside.

Turns out that this car, in this trim (with the manual gearbox) isn’t really all that uncommon. At least up in the northeast where folks still like wagons and 3-pedals.

Everyone brings this up when someone wins a car...

I’m fine with folks calling VW crap. They’re a big company - not like they’re going to go out of business because a demographic thinks they’re unreliable.

The first accident I was in that was not my fault (yes, I had lots of incidents in High School), the other insurance party (ahem, Geico) used "their" repair shop. The accident involved damage at the font door hinge. Instead of replacing panels, the shop did a hack bondo job, and the door never closed correctly. Being…

Did you just compare the sales of a car in one market segment and price-point, to that of a car in another?

I'm still confused. Is it like a sequential gearbox? Can it be driven without moving any levers? (Like an auto with D, 3, 2, 1)