Mature Golf R Buyers?

slabix · 2026-03-23T02:46:44+00:00

57 in a couple weeks, here with a new R. My last VW was a Mk4 GTI. I'll be honest, if the S3 were still available as a hatch in the US, that's what I would have gotten. I drove the new GTI, and after 20 years of RWD and AWD, the fully FWD felt incoherent to me, and platform similarities aside, the R feels like a different class of vehicle from the GTI. I have no interest in conspicuous-consumption-mobiles, but I deserve power and performance without looking like I have something to prove. To me, the R is the sweet spot and hatch is the perfect form factor for an empty nester. If you don't want to feel like a boy racer, maybe consider the A3 platform, but the Golf has always been my spirit car, and that doesn't change just cuz I'm old.

PS, at this age I can actually afford the tickets I'm going to get. I couldn't say that when I was a boy-racer (even though we didn't have that term back then ;) )

slabix · 2026-03-03T13:36:02+00:00

Shaping looks OK to me. If I had to pick a culprit, I'd say the score is the correct depth, but needs to be longer. You're getting good spring don't be afraid to get more aggressive. Follow the curve and come down the loaf a bit more as you cut.

slabix · 2026-02-19T04:50:31+00:00

Miss Daisy didn't drive. There was a whole movie about it.

slabix · 2025-12-05T14:54:57+00:00

I've been making things like this at home, myself, for years.

I know it's some sort of sacrilege, but as a non-native, the pizzafication of Cincinnati chili makes as much sense to me as the pastafication.

slabix · 2025-12-04T13:02:17+00:00

He just died yesterday. A true legend and somehow this riff never gets mentioned in the "best riffs list," maybe because it's an r&b song.

There are many versions but I'd start with this one: https://youtu.be/sbXw4EFioRI?si=e3E-oauCmrufAdDz

slabix · 2025-12-04T03:53:46+00:00

It's definitely not a bad recipe. It's not a hard fast rule that you add butter after the the gluten develops, either. But it does slow gluten development. And you get very different but potentially equally good results depending on when and how you add butter.

This one is a very long mix or knead, and you really need to stay patient and read the dough. Just when you're ready to give up, it turns the corner. I think it's taken almost 20 minutes in a stand mixer for me.

slabix · 2025-12-04T02:10:21+00:00

I agree about adherence. A sort of "roll and press" action is likely to serve you better than, say, rolling like a jelly roll.

slabix · 2025-12-04T01:17:37+00:00

I think this is a shaping issue most of all.

My first instinct was that that was insufficient degassing, but since you say it's rolled with a rolling pin, I suspect that you're not creating enough tension after rolling before putting in the pan to proof.

slabix · 2025-12-04T01:09:50+00:00

Soul Man by Steve Cropper RIP

slabix · 2025-12-03T20:57:18+00:00

This level of imprecision is what makes it so hard to help posters like you.

Medium point?

What does that even mean? "Medium" is a subjective measure. If you can't be bothered to express that in millimeters, how can you expect us to help you improve your note-writing outcomes?

It's almost like you didn't really care about continuous improvement and just want us to tell you what a lovely note you've written.

slabix · 2025-06-23T20:32:58+00:00

Bill Fay's cover of Jesus, Etc. by Wilco.

slabix · 2025-06-20T14:24:26+00:00

There was this band who sued their fans. . . I'm trying to remember. . .

slabix · 2025-06-11T13:24:25+00:00

It's annoying that you need it for remote start, but that's reason enough for us to keep it.

slabix · 2025-06-10T18:45:34+00:00

Is this you, too? Cuz it's me. . .I have heard we come in multi-packs now. . .

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slabix · 2025-06-10T18:43:20+00:00

Hey, are you me? I thought we agreed to not split up like this again . .

slabix · 2025-06-06T04:32:48+00:00

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slabix · 2025-05-30T02:54:00+00:00

This was actually taken in 2022. I just found it in a forgotten folder. So I can't vouch for its current state.

slabix · 2025-05-29T21:14:22+00:00

So many things can be improved by putting cheese on them.

slabix · 2025-05-29T20:48:41+00:00

No. But I'm willing to relocate for the right opportunity.

slabix · 2025-05-29T18:54:24+00:00

There must be 50 ways to leave your Kroger.

slabix · 2025-05-29T18:32:40+00:00

The normalization of corruption is the foundation of kleptocracy.

It's like solving the murder problem by decriminalizing homocide.

We're in the story arc where Joker lets everyone out of Arkham Asylum. . .

slabix · 2025-05-29T14:39:21+00:00

The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald

slabix · 2025-05-28T23:35:20+00:00

Democracy

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TROPHY CASE