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    01:01 AM

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    What's the difference between the GTI and the GLI? I thought the GLI was the 4 door, the GTI the 2 door. #vwgti
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    12:56 AM

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    I guess this is why I don't read Automobile magazine. I guess that's why. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    So Motor Trend picks Subaru Outback, Automobile pics the GTI. What does that leave us consumer focused publications? Camaro SS? #vwgti
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    It's certainly a neat car and VW does a very nice job with overall feel, design, quality and use of materials. I think Japanese cars in the GTI's range have gotten rather ugly in their desperate attempt to stand out. And the quality of materials used inside has declined over the past decade or two.

    But to call it Automobile of the Year seems to be overrated to me. I suppose the GTI is more relevant in Europe than it is in the US, hence the award. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    Car & Driver just ranked the GTI over the MS3 as well, even with the power deficit. The only thing that would make me hesitant about the GTI is VW's reliability issues that were resounding a few years back. I'm not sure if those are resolved yet. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    I was still in the midst of my misspent youth as an automotive journalist when the Mk5 came out, and when I opined that the Mazda/Speed3 was better looking and had better steering feel and the only reason why everyone was so ga-ga over the Golf/GTI was due to leather/high-end plastics poisoning, I might as well have had bats flying out of my ears. You can't go wrong with either, but man, they're acting like this thing is the best thing since...since the MK1? C'mon. #vwgti
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    Image of CJinSD CJinSD
    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    Looks like 2010 won't go down as a great vintage for automobiles. #vwgti
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    11/10/09


    @CJinSD: It's not as if the Automobile was an influential publication.

    Here's a Bentley Mulsanne to make you feel better. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    @Pessimippopotamus: Thanks! I needed a good laugh! That car is hilarious. The nose looks like it is off a custom pimpmobile Lincoln MKIII from about 1971. #vwgti
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    11/10/09

    In reply to Automobile Picks 2010 VW GTI As "Automobile Of The Year"
    Wolfgang and the GTI Mk V. #vwgti
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    11/08/09

    In reply to 1971 Volkswagen Squareback
    Mmmmmmm, T4, good stuff! #volkswagentype3
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    11/08/09

    In reply to 1971 Volkswagen Squareback
    College buddy Brian had a 411 back in 1981-82. Brian would wear those canvas Van deck shoes, and there was a fuel leak behind the dash board that would drip gasoline onto his left foot. We all agreed that smoking anything in or near Brian's car or left foot was not a good idea... #volkswagentype3
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    11/08/09

    In reply to 1971 Volkswagen Squareback
    Dear MS Martin, I am attaching a list of parts I need from the cars you have featured over the past year. Also enclosed is a certified bank check in the amount of one million dollars US, for you trouble. Please just send me the parts and ten thousand dollars change. You're free shipping offer is what really made me a believer in your service. Please hurry, I need the parts by Wednesday. I hope you'll be able to hold onto your customer service rating. #volkswagentype3
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    11/08/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
    You forgot to include your P.O. Box number in Abuja, Nigeria... #volkswagentype3
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    11/08/09

    In reply to 1971 Volkswagen Squareback
    @Murilee Martin: When I was in college, my phone number had only a one-digit difference from the radio station's concert information line. There's nothing like being pulled out of a sound sleep at 2am by an anonymous drunk who won't believe he dialed the wrong number.

    We were fairly tolerant of the calls that came during normal waking hours, and would politely provide those callers with the correct phone number. The belligerent late night callers got a special treat, though.

    The callers would of course assume my roommate and I were radio station employees. We would tell the caller that we had one pair of tickets left for whatever the next upcoming show happened to be, and that we had to give those tickets away before the end of the shift. If the caller could swing by the station in the next two hours, they could have the tickets. We would tell them that the station was pretty deserted after hours, so they would need to bang on the door loudly and make lots of noise to gain entry.

    I suggest you inform the people who contact you trying to buy parts from these long-gone cars that these never belonged to you, but that more information may be available if they contact Dr. Altoye Obiwankenobe. Dr. Obiwankenobe is the director of foreign salvage export in Kumo, Nigeria, who is tasked with keeping quality marques from going to the landfill. Upon confirming the person's banking information, arrangements might be made to ship the whole car (at the Nigerian government's expense) to the person so requesting it, allow them remove any parts they need, and have them arrange for disposal of the remainder through a qualified salvage facility. As a token of appreciation, they will be allowed to keep a commission of 20% of the salvage value. Of course, these transactions must be kept strictly confidential. #volkswagentype3
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    11/08/09

    @OA 5599: Very funny. #volkswagentype3
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    11/07/09

    In reply to 1971 Volkswagen Squareback
    My family just inherited a '71 Squareback. In Beige. Ran when parked. $500 b/0 #volkswagentype3
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/07/09

    In reply to 1971 Volkswagen Squareback
    I've never shared the love of checkered roof tops. #volkswagentype3
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    11/07/09

    In reply to 1971 Volkswagen Squareback
    Wow.

    That car looks wholly intact, down to the spare which shames three of the five tires I have on/in my ride. #volkswagentype3
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