I'm afraid I'm right there with you.Just a quick visit to the ID4 forums will show you the fun you can expect with a Mk8. I was briefly considering an early R, but then came to my senses.
I'm giving more thought to just adding an ND Miata to the garage instead.I'm afraid I'm right there with you.
Not a bad idea at all!I'm giving more thought to just adding an ND Miata to the garage instead.
Funny, I had been intending to get a Bronco, but we've seen how that's going. I miss rwd, but there's really nothing practical available, my kid's pretty much outgrown the 997.2 I should have bought years ago, the M3 is a terrifyingly ugly thing, the M2 has rear windows that won't go down so it's out for dog transit. I really don't know what I'd get as an only car, so it's back to play things and left to my own choices, I'd just build up a Caterham in the garage, but I know how that would fly with the spousal unit.Not a bad idea at all!
If I don't end up getting a MK8 of some flavor it will probably be a truck.
I'm out of garage space as it is...
Is MT a requirement? How about an IS500? Or a CT4 Blackwing, if MT is a must?Funny, I had been intending to get a Bronco, but we've seen how that's going. I miss rwd, but there's really nothing practical available, my kid's pretty much outgrown the 997.2 I should have bought years ago, the M3 is a terrifyingly ugly thing, the M2 has rear windows that won't go down so it's out for dog transit. I really don't know what I'd get as an only car, so it's back to play things and left to my own choices, I'd just build up a Caterham in the garage, but I know how that would fly with the spousal unit.
Yes, unfortunately for my choices, it has to be a manual. I drove the ATS-V and wanted to love it, but couldn't get past the cheap interior and the Dyson soundtrack. It sounds like they've fixed both. I may need to go drive the CT4 BW, good point. I'd also completely forgotten about the GR Corolla. The next round of Biermann's products from Hyundai's N Division is also really going to be good too. I'm also waiting for them to bring back the Brembo package on the 86/BRZ.Is MT a requirement? How about an IS500? Or a CT4 Blackwing, if MT is a must?
I'm always looking at what's next, when I really shouldn't, but right now I just want to finish the GTI mods I have planned and pay it off. Then we'll see. I hope to get a Z/86/Miata after, but might have to settle for an M2/R/STI/GR Corolla if I need the practicality.
It would be pretty funny if VW USA gave us volume knobs. I’d have to eat a lot of crow, and buy a Mk8 R.
I see a volume and tuning knob!
I agree on this part for the audio, but I do use the temperature dial all the time. Maybe I'm not the average consumer, but if they had to cut costs somewhere, I'd rather keep buttons and dials and ditch the dual zone crap. A golf is too small for zones to actually be effective and I never use them.Honestly, I was in agreement with everyone over the lack of knobs big a big bummer.
Then I started to think how much I actually use the knobs. And the answer was never lol.
Seriously, I never use either knob. I just use steering wheel controls.
I agree on this part for the audio, but I do use the temperature dial all the time. Maybe I'm not the average consumer, but if they had to cut costs somewhere, I'd rather keep buttons and dials and ditch the dual zone crap. A golf is too small for zones to actually be effective and I never use them.
The new steering wheel controls aren't physical buttons anymore either, which kind of sucks.
All of the cars we've had with auto, I just set it to 68 and leave it there year round. I'd be fine with it being pretty buried. I do agree that dual zone is silly in any car, but Wife 2.0 uses the same settings I do, so it's not really a fight.My Atlas has multi-climate and I just pretty much always leave it on "auto", sync the zones and adjust the temp (with a knob) as needed.
So even if the HVAC controls are knob-less, I could probably survive. But agree that a knob would probably be ideal.