According to Grunitz, Volkswagen’s first electric GTI will be “a real go kart” to drive. He’s already driven a prototype, claiming, “It’s really amazing.”

You can see the concept pulls design features from VW’s classic GTI models. However, the company promises new tech will enable even more control and handling for that “go kart” like feel.

  • @[email protected]
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    23 months ago

    4, 5, 6

    4 was pretty short lived. Got it very well used already as a college car. Loved it so much though I got a 5 soon as the 4 died. By then was out of college and had new car money. Had the 5 until about 150k miles when it finally wasn’t worth repairing. Found the 6 used for a steal. Only has 80k miles at this point. I drive it maybe twice a week with working from home and traveling for projects. Hoping to pass it off to the kids.

    But I keep looking at an Mk7 R for sale nearby. Tempted to go for it. I just also like not having car payments if not needed.

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      3 months ago

      150k miles

      Not worth repairing

      Is this what counts as a good car?

      • @[email protected]
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        13 months ago

        Where I live the roads get salted all winter. It’s not uncommon unfortunately for significant portions of cars to be rusted out by that point.

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          13 months ago

          Same. Salt and sand from late November to mid March around here. Used to start earlier, but climate change has pushed that back a bit. Still, most rust repair I’ve had to do on a car is a fender, muffler, and headers. So I don’t buy it as a reason to let a car go at 150k. You should easily get another 50-150k out of a decent car.