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I was backing out of my garage when two kids on bikes went past. I saw them staring at the car and they stopped just up the road to look. I gave it a couple of bootfuls in neutral for them. You should have seen the grins and eyes light up. There's still hope for modern kids.

This isn't LC, her car doesn't have that. My other VAG cars had launch and it was great. This is the ECU/TCU getting confused. VAG are trying to stop people holding the car in drive on a hill with a few revs like torque converter autos. That'll kill a DSG in no time.

One of the things that sold me on the Mustang was that it's a revvy beast with a smallish V8. I've grown up with higher revving NA 4's and a linear power curve to 7k plus feels normal.

I have sport exhaust mode in the custom mode I use all the time. But if I'm just idling through traffic I'll pop it into track for shits and giggles. I do have quiet mode on the timer for early starts.

My wife's Skoda caught me out with something similar. It has a "hill hold" function for the DSG, but if you lightly touch the brake and the throttle at the same time or close to it, it won't accelerate. You can bury the gas and nothing for a second or two. A bit disconcerting.

The OP should tell the manager that the scratches have created stress risers in the alloy, and he wants a new wheel.

It. reminds me of a line by Frankenfurter in Rocky Horror. Nothing is too good for you. And you shall have it, in abundance.

The first thing I thought reading Mr Marmot heading was Janice. I'd go Porsche, but the only vehicle my folks bought me was a bicycle.

It's probably less than normal variation.

Probably a CV boot leaking. A simple repair. I've never had to replace axles when doing it.

Fair enough. But when the handbrake cable on my Dad's car snapped on my driver test, it was only my ability to heel and toe for the hill start that allowed me to pass. The cop even said so.

There's a good argument that big, powerful cars should be hard to drive. Because the end result is sub 3 sec to 60 EV's are being driven by people who should be on bicycles.

Yep, give his balls a real good peening.

Not normally one for knob envy or flashing it in public, But that's a fine looking knob. I'd actually like this for when I get buzzed by cyclists when I'm out walking

This just reminded me of Bruce McLaren starting his racing career here not wearing shoes, because barefeet gave him better feel.

That's pretty bad. Probably wouldn't justify summary execution, but it's close.

We can't be too tough on those less fortunate.

I think the 90's, and maybe late 80's were the golden age for drivers. Cars weren't as capable, but were still OK, and needed to be driven properly. Govt and cops hadn't really cottoned onto the revenue side of enforcement, so weren't as ever present as now. So you could get away with some...

I'm showing my age here, but if manufacturers think their customers can't drive a manual without all this nonsense, should they be selling them? A properly calibrated throttle response and a clutch pedal with feel, job done.

I'm still a bit surprised at street engines running 12:1 or more. But I do come from the days of 9:1 being high comp.