Well, there goes my money

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New VW Bus:

http://www.wearesurfer.net/2014/08/volkswagen-microbus-2015-price-and.html?m=0#.VCB7LfldU8P

I am a huge VW bus fan, by the way.[DOUBLEPOST=1411415118,1411414934][/DOUBLEPOST]I like the way it simulates being a college student again by draining your wallet.

 

[MindDetective]

Who the heck wrote that? My students can write better than that!

Also: http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-volkswagen-2015-microbus-20140918-story.html

 

[Jax]

Wow.

I mean, wow....


I really like the old vans that they had, but this one though... I dunno, it looks like they tried to shove a bus into an estate/MPV skin

 

[MindDetective]

Wow.

I mean, wow....


I really like the old vans that they had, but this one though... I dunno, it looks like they tried to shove a bus into an estate/MPV skin

They, meaning some graphic designer other than VW...

 

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Bah, oh well. My wife sent me that article. I guess I should've verified.

 

[Null]

Wait, fade likes it?

Somewhere, something just got divided by zero.

 

[Celt Z]

Awwww, but it looks so goofy/cute! Like a pudgy Element!

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Just in time for a new generation to hotbox

 

[Bowielee]

Wait, fade likes it?

Somewhere, something just got divided by zero.

Figures, Fade likes it, turns out to be fake.

 

[GasBandit]

Doh, and here I was all ready to say that the price was set there on purpose, because VW knows the hippies who would be nostalgic for a VW bus are now all junior execs for union carbide and can afford it. But then it turned out to be fake.

Dang.

 

[PatrThom]

The form factor has a lot of promise. I'd love to have a vehicle that's basically a mini-van without being a minivan. So far, the only options have been oversized station wagons or small SUVs. I could really use a sedan with a nice, roomy backpack.

--Patrick

 

[WasabiPoptart]

I saw that pic not too long ago. I like VW vans, too, and was really looking forward to this.

 

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The form factor has a lot of promise. I'd love to have a vehicle that's basically a mini-van without being a minivan. So far, the only options have been oversized station wagons or small SUVs. I could really use a sedan with a nice, roomy backpack.

--Patrick

We have that car. My wife has the four door Fiat 500L. It's like a mini-minivan. It's like a spacepod because it has windows everywhere.

 

[MindDetective]

The Mazda5 looks like a mini minivan, I think.

 

[PatrThom]

The vehicles I point to when I'm trying to explain the form factor I want are the Audi Allroad or the Volvo XC70. They're both a full SUV wide but only one car tall.

--Patrick

 

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The Allroad is a nice looking car--everywhere except the price tag region.

 

[PatrThom]

The Allroad is a nice looking car--everywhere except the price tag region.

And its repair history. But it's everything I want in size, shape, features, etc.

--Patrick

 

[sixpackshaker]

I hope somebody will make a wagon that I can replace my HHR for in another 5 years.

 

[Null]

Yes, but it's an Audi, which is sort of like getting "I'm a douchebag" branded on your body. Yes, Audi have some very impressively engineered cars but whenever I see one, it's like, "Oh, I bet that guy's a real asshole." And then they do something that justifies that feeling.

 

[grub]

It's kind of like a BMW or a Mercedes. every time I see one they are either speeding to cut me off, or they just turned into the wrong lane and cut someone else off.

 

[Null]

Right, whereas when you see a Lexus without gold trim, you know they're a dentist or allergist or the like - someone who's doing well, but isn't especially exciting.

 

[GasBandit]

The guy with a trans am, a mullet and a pornstache thinks you guys are cute.

 

[Null]

The guy with a trans am, a mullet and a pornstache thinks you guys are cute.

Don't forget the switchblade in his sock.

Or is that standard issue with a 1980's Camaro IROC?

 

[bhamv3]

And overhead lifters and four barrel quads, oh yeah.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I drive a 1999 Toyota Camry. What does that say about me?

 

[PatrThom]

I drive a 1999 Toyota Camry. What does that say about me?

It says your car needs to get registered to vote in three years.

--Patrick

 

[Null]

I drive a 1999 Toyota Camry. What does that say about me?

I drive a 1991 Toyota Camry, and it says, "I can't afford a newer car."

 

[figmentPez]

I drive a 1999 Toyota Camry. What does that say about me?

Yo, 1998 Camry here.

 

[jwhouk]

The Bulli project got canned a long while ago, from what I heard.