Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if I could join the ranks of those groovy, European moms that joyfully stuff their stuff and their kids into a sexy little manual diesel hatchback like the VW Golf. So I did what any smart, vaguely desperate woman would do, I called VW and begged for a test drive. Here are the highlights:

Here’s the video:
As you can see, the VW Golf TDI was a big hit at my house. I was really sad to see it go. But not as sad as Gunner, who jumped in and refused to get out:

