I wanted a WRX hatch when I was car shopping in 2017 but alas they stopped making them. Picked up a GTI with the manual instead and have been really happy with it. Love that I can put my XL bike in the back when most trucks have to have them hanging over the tailgate these days.
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Color me impressed and in total awe of having racing royalty among us!
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Killer! I love the dubs and nearly got a 2007 Volkswagen GTI Fahrenheit way back when.
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So just a normal clubman not an S? 
Bravo!
Iāve always wanted to get into a real track car to see if I had what it took.
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When youāre behind the wheel, itās all yours!
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Yep. Slower the better. Itās got the nice radio which is actually the 1 other thing on the car I care about haha.
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My '06 Mitsubishi Evo thatās been sitting collecting dust since I got into bikes a few years ago. Hard to believe I bought it bone stock almost 15 years ago now. Sadly, the cars I actually drive these days are pretty basic.
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Iāve become pretty ambivalent to cars in recent years. If I didnāt already have my Z, I wouldnāt even think about trying to buy one. My daily is a 2013 Elantra that gets me from A to B comfortable enough. In fact, I really wish I didnāt āneedā to own a car for the day-to-day stuff.
Additionally, my work commute is so short, my motorcycle wouldnāt even be halfway to warmed up if I rode it in. Plus, it takes me as long to gear up as would it to just get in my car and drive. So I havenāt taken that out yet this year.
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Iāve got the opposite problemā¦my commute is ~50 miles each way and Iām in the office 4 days a week. With high gas prices and free charging at work, EV makes the most sense. Iāve sold all the āfunā stuff (except the Evo) and my wife and I each have an EV. Feels like Iām just driving an appliance now.
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Since we are talking boringā¦
Hereās my ātow rigā:
Nothing exciting, but I do like that 2.4 turbo. Iām thinking once itās paid off, Iām going to throw a catback on it. Maybe a hood scoop 
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And the tow rig that went along with it. Sold it last year to capitalize on the used car market. Ended up getting about $2500 less than I paid for it out the door brand new, 5 years old with 50k miles 
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Nice!
I bought a ā13 2500 Laramie CTD back in 2020, kept it for a year or so before selling my 29ā trailer, then sold it back to the same dealer for a grand more.
I miss it, but I donāt miss 13mpg, DEF, $5/gal, etc. It had the 6.5ā bed; I very well may have kept it if it had the 8ā bed (my old ā99 Ram CTD was an 8āer).
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I had a 97 12valve with an 8ft bed, while living in an apt building with underground parking in Atlantaā¦ that was fun to get into a spot.
Iām unofficially shopping for a 18 CTD 2500 with the 6.5ā bed for our family hauler/shop tow vehicle. Last year of the manual! With the flares and bumpers from the AEV prospector kit, but not the lift. You can still fit the 40s with a little creative trimming.
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Iāve also had the privilege of prepping, transporting, and campaigning a few autocross cars that I didnāt own over the years.
2014-2015 ā STX E36 325i
2015 ā STU Evo
2015-2016 ā F-Street E92 M3
2016 ā F-Street E46 M3
2016 Nationals ā F-Prepared Evo (owner offered to sell to me for $20k and I sometimes wish Iād bought it, but didnāt need two project Evos at the time)
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Whoās ready for some Rule 25?
I paid $500 for my old commuter, an ā01 Civic coupe with a 5-speed manual and broken AC. I used it when moving to transport my S-Works Tarmac and Procaliber:
It didnāt pass inspection the following year, and I couldnāt be motivated to fix it so I sold it to a junker for more than I paid for it.
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Not really. 
Those are fun in their own way, but lack a āmotorā which is the focus of this topic.
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Okā¦ Here is the last great car I had:
In this household it had the best sound system, fastest/smoothest transmission off the line, best cornering and braking, and highest gas mileage around 33mpg at 75-80mph on the highways and byways of CA.
Fold the seats down and enough room for a 58cm road bike!
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I always got the impression that until you got into the top level, and the better cars at that level, every race car was kinda junky and sloppy under the skin. Just a bunch of things that have been taken apart, crudely modified in some way, with lots of parts that fit together on paper, put back together rather quickly too many timesā¦.and rattling apart - like the software I work with. Itās probably nice just to have a car with all (most) the attention it needsā¦ and fresh tires!
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