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The lady friend and I first ventured into VW R's when she bought a '12 R in Florida. She owned a 2003 manual golf as her first car and adored it. I convinced her to drive the R and she was sold after pulling out of the parking lot. She loved the car for many years and finally decided she...

I know the truth is automatic transmissions with shifter paddles in high horsepower cars are superior in every way, but I would be very bored. The old car club I used to run with had a GTR I got to drive and what a car indeed, but it isn't for me. The best car I drove was a manual 911 Turbo...

I have a bias opinion of Mustang & Camaro owners because I never found the cars particularly exciting when I had my Viper. However, after driving the GT350 I decided I didn't care how it looked because I really enjoyed the car. The new Camaro may be faster and brake harder, handle better, but...

I just passed on a '16 GT350 with the track pack like a fool. I test drove it on saturday went home, and called back monday (they were closed sunday) to buy it, and it was gone. I'm in the same boat with you as the R. I came from a Viper & the VW is great at everything I ask it to do, but I...

I snowboard a lot, 2-3 times a week. Nothing beats the snow.

Just in case anybody living up in WA didn't know. I bought 4 wheels/snow tires today and was looking for snow chains for the R. A lot of the mountains require the car to have snow chains in the car regardless of AWD/FWD/RWD. I still didn't want to get chains because they are a pain a tight...

A lot of these comments are pretty ignorant. When I lived in Pensacola we had 5 GTR's that would come out and drive with us. They never paid more in maintenance than I did in my Viper. I drove one they are neat cars, but when I am buying a track toy I want the least amount of things in the...

We have probably talked! I started training in Pensacola, but I've flown a lot over to Tampa.

I go fast in planes, but mostly just a professional student.

A '12 R.

Flying- I fly for my job. I fly for fun. I fly anything and anywhere I can. Cars - For being younger than 25 i've had some weird cars, and I don't want that to stop. After I move to WA Thursday I'll be three hours south of Whistler to snowboard and then become proficient in kiting, mountain...

Well it looks like I'm cracking into my chilled bottles of Cantillon this week. I don't want it to warm up during the move. I'll let you know how it goes.

I don't think Pliny holds a stick to Heady Topper

Past - Porsche 959 Present - Koenigsegg One:1

Hey everyone, Well I picked up a '15 R two weeks ago because I needed something a bit more practical. We are moving to Washington state and I needed to give up my rear wheel drive cars. My S/O owns a '12 R, and for the past two years I enjoyed the overall driving experience. I'm not...