stefschrader
Stef Schrader
stefschrader
Moderator, OppositeLock. Former Staff Writer, Jalopnik. 1984 "Porschelump" 944 race car, 1971 Volkswagen 411 race car, 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS.

Boo. This is bad Tata (capital-t). Not good tata (small-t, as in boobs).
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Not enough brawling in a Waffle House going on here. 0/10, Florida harder.
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Wwwwwwwwwwwow, this is the wrongest take that has ever wronged out onto the internet. Read more

I know we’re all snarking on the title, but yeah—my first thought was “wait, that’s not the Miami autocross course in the picture.”
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It was batted around the wider group a bit before landing at Porsche, first at Volkswagen, then at Audi, and ultimately it went to production as a Porsche but assembled at an Audi plant in Neckarsulm.
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Normally, I’m very live and let live with takes, but DON’T YOU BE SLANDERING MY BOY.

(Handles better than a Fox Body, can be had with decent power in Turbo guise, and also lighter, nimbler and better looking than the 928. They’re all good parsh! Bbbbbbut I’m just saying.)
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Fake trees are easier to decorate and less flammable in a house. You can bend the branches to your every whim and it’s great.
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My VW 411 Lemons race car TOTALLY REDEEMED ITSELF by winning the Southern Fried Heaps Lemons Rally. This car failed to make the start and ultimately died with transmission issues on the Texas Lemons Rally the prior year, so we focused on putting it back together slowly this time and making sure we didn’t make any Read more

Getting surprise-laid off with my 944 engine split in half probably takes the cake here. After months of being told “oh, no, you guys are safe, there should be no further cuts,” welp, I’m the one who got cut in the middle of doing some cylinder head work.
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Why, yes, Guy Asking Totally Obvious Questions for Motives That Seem Pretty Obvious, too. Read more

Ha, I saw “boycott” trending this morning because Musk’s fee-fees were hurt by companies being perfectly reasonable and cautious about their ad spends, and my reaction was like, “thanks for the reminder to buy more Volkswagen Group parts, I guess.”
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Maaaaaaaaan. I’m too dumb to trust myself on two wheels, but I really want to do a Mongol Rally someday.
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I love this idea, but man, Barbie deserves a cooler life-size car.
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Man, all the top “colors” aren’t even colors. That’s depressing.
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...and where the hell are Publix or Wegman’s? And why did they just not even bother with some of the smaller states up northeast?
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I mean, the Janus’ engine is in the middle, too. It’s basically a Formula 1 car.
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I joke that I’m still mad that my mom had a BMW in high school and I didn’t. Hers was an Isetta, but... Read more