Definitely good news, although it doesn't seem he's coming anywhere near the East Coast! What, don't we need a laugh out here? If anywhere, he should START out here!!!
Here's a thought to ponder. Just traded my old 2000 Passat in for a 2006, a deal too good to pass up!! Full of gee-whiz techno-gadgets (scary!), a 200hp Direct-injected Turbo motor, electronic brakes, throttle and steering, and a "keyless" ignition. Not TRULY keyless, but you stick the whole key fob into the hole in the dash, and push it in like the old Pushbutton starters on race cars. All very slick! The ONLY key that came with the car is a plastic emergency key hidden inside of the key fob to be used as a last resort when the battery is completely kaputt, no metal keys whatsoever!
Well, on the pushbutton for the gas door, the glove box, and the fold-down rear seats, there is a normal keyed lock for "security". If there is no "real" key supplied with the car, why put in the locks? Was there a shortage of metal keys in Germany this year, or a surplus of locks?
As for the car so far, LOVE it. It somewhat softens the blow of not being able to go get my blue out of storage yet (family stuff in the way!!!) 50 extra horses over my old one, 207ft-lbs torque from 1800 rpm to redline, 6-speed tranny, same mpg as the old one despite increase in HP & Torque, sunroof, loaded for $4000 LESS than I paid for my much less loaded Passat wagon back in Dec. 1999, and $500 less than similarly equipped but smaller Jetta that I was looking at! Can't sneeze at that!
