Post #4177048

2026-07-27 18:14 UTC

@atpfm@mastodon.social Aww, now I want Accidental Neutral! (FWIW I’m in the same boat as @caseyliss@mastodon.social: I have a Golf GTE, it’s fine, I’m just a little bored with it. But there’s no good electric car which matches what I want. Give me a practical hot hatch with decent range!)

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@whophd@ioc.exchange 2026-07-29 00:03

@chrispoole@mastodon.social @atpfm@mastodon.social @caseyliss@mastodon.social Same — so I kept a close eye on the VW Golf Neo which just launched the 2026 version. They actually listened to all the criticisms of the last one and … fixed them? Hey wow. What I’m dying to find is anything that doesn’t have the 2020s disease of “wide hips” — the windows are narrower than the wheelbase, for no reason. Not just hatchbacks but everything (barring Tesla, but their designs are 2010s). I just don’t understand the benefit of having harder parking and drive-thru experiences, when getting no more shoulder room inside, and no more luggage capacity. (The 2018 Golf series is still the benchmark). It feels like form over function.

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