Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

[MexicanYarisTK]

I don't really get the terrible tech in cars thing in a new car, don't you just plug in your phone and it does everything?

One thing that annoys me is that I have to unplug the phone, cancel nav, restart it, enter in a new destination/search along the way, then re-plug in the phone if I want to say, add a stop for gas/food/coffee along the way.

That is how it is in every car though, of all of the brands I've been in recently - Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Jeep, VW, Ferd, etc. it's all the same.

My honda does carplay wirelessly (unlike the rental HRV), you only need wifi. Which is 5/7. Bmw's and Audi's definitely do that too.

[max225]

So the trd pro color for 2023 is going to whorange … paging Mr Detroit

[ChrisoftheNorth]

So the trd pro color for 2023 is going to whorange … paging Mr Detroit

O RLY

[coogles]

Latest on the 86 is it's supposedly being processed at port tomorrow the 24th. After that it'll go on a train to Chicago, then from there on a truck to Indiana. Too soon for a firm ETA, but fingers crossed it won't be more than a couple weeks.

[D Griff]

Latest on the 86 is it's supposedly being processed at port tomorrow the 24th. After that it'll go on a train to Chicago, then from there on a truck to Indiana. Too soon for a firm ETA, but fingers crossed it won't be more than a couple weeks.

[wap]

Latest on the 86 is it's supposedly being processed at port tomorrow the 24th. After that it'll go on a train to Chicago, then from there on a truck to Indiana. Too soon for a firm ETA, but fingers crossed it won't be more than a couple weeks.

[razr390]

I am about to hit 80k in the GTI

[wap]

I am about to hit 80k in my mom's GTI

And fixed

[max225]

I am about to hit 80k in my mom's GTI

And fixed

#neverforget

80k is just about how long I had my egg #rip

[D Griff]

I am about to hit 80k in my mom's GTI

And fixed

[D Griff]

I am about to hit 80k in the GTI

Seems like this thing has been super solid for you, no? Any issues over the time?

[D Griff]

I think the only car I've ever put that many miles on was the Bang Bus...I really don't but still

I imagine we will have the Beep Beep for longer than that. Already at 32K, just rolled over two years of ownershit as well.

[coogles]

I am about to hit 80k in the GTI

Seems like this thing has been super solid for you, no? Any issues over the time?

Dat MK7/MK7.5 life.

Still love mine. Just shy of 60k now and it's been the best car I've owned, without question. I'd still take the STi if we're talking only performance driving, but for daily duties plus a bit of fun, these things are hard to beat. And it's averaged 26.7mpg over the time I've had it.

[wap]

Seems like this thing has been super solid for you, no? Any issues over the time?

Dat MK7/MK7.5 life.

Still love mine. Just shy of 60k now and it's been the best car I've owned, without question. I'd still take the STi if we're talking only performance driving, but for daily duties plus a bit of fun, these things are hard to beat. And it's averaged 26.7mpg over the time I've had it.

They're overall pretty great little cars, for sure.

[Huckleberry]

Seems like this thing has been super solid for you, no? Any issues over the time?

Dat MK7/MK7.5 life.

Still love mine. Just shy of 60k now and it's been the best car I've owned, without question. I'd still take the STi if we're talking only performance driving, but for daily duties plus a bit of fun, these things are hard to beat. And it's averaged 26.7mpg over the time I've had it.

Yeah, that's what I've been averaging and that's on 87 donkey piss. I took it on a work trip to Virginia and got 36 MPG. It's just a well-rounded car.

[D Griff]

I get pretty similar FE in the cuckwagon but it takes 93 which is rather these days. Fortunately I use like a tank a month, maybe. The only time I drive more is pretty much when the mileage is expensed for the job. I'm getting $260 from last week and spent about $50 on gas

[max225]

I get pretty similar FE in the cuckwagon but it takes 93 which is rather these days. Fortunately I use like a tank a month, maybe. The only time I drive more is pretty much when the mileage is expensed for the job. I'm getting $260 from last week and spent about $50 on gas

Yea we drive a lot out here... probably about 1500 miles a month average. And that's with 0 work commute.

[D Griff]

I get pretty similar FE in the cuckwagon but it takes 93 which is rather these days. Fortunately I use like a tank a month, maybe. The only time I drive more is pretty much when the mileage is expensed for the job. I'm getting $260 from last week and spent about $50 on gas

Yea we drive a lot out here... probably about 1500 miles a month average. And that's with 0 work commute.

The Beep Beep gets a lot more miles as commutes (short one at least), we use it more often for weekend trips (beach camping this weekend for example), and she just drives more to meet friends and shit like that, I generally ride my bike for things like that/errands.

Beep Beep is at 32K miles and two years of ownershit

So far i's had absolutely zero issues/warranty visits. I went to the rape palace this AM for an oil change/tire rotation. I thought this would be free but evidently our Mopar oil changes expired on 5/25

$135 for oil change and rotation, no free wash, but at least a free K-cup

I will be just doing it my damn self moving forward.

[Huckleberry]

I get pretty similar FE in the cuckwagon but it takes 93 which is rather these days. Fortunately I use like a tank a month, maybe. The only time I drive more is pretty much when the mileage is expensed for the job. I'm getting $260 from last week and spent about $50 on gas

Fuel budget life hack.

Better than Shaq's math.

[Desertbreh]

Shaq knows how to fuel.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

So the trd pro color for 2023 is going to whorange … paging Mr Detroit

Way too red. Still vastly prefer my Army Green truck. I won't be trading in anything anytime soon.

[Johnny_P]

There’s also an orange 86 coming out

[ChrisoftheNorth]

There’s also an orange 86 coming out

I know. They're building so few that it'll be unobtanium. I'd probably ask my dealer if there's a shot of getting one, but I doubt there's a point.

[CaleDeRoo]

So the trd pro color for 2023 is going to whorange … paging Mr Detroit

Way too red. Still vastly prefer my Army Green truck. I won't be trading in anything anytime soon.

The new limited edition GR86 is much more whorange

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Way too red. Still vastly prefer my Army Green truck. I won't be trading in anything anytime soon.

The new limited edition GR86 is much more whorange

They're only building a handful, otherwise I'd be very tempted to find one. It's basically a GT3 or some unobtainium thing.