{"id":5269,"date":"2015-11-24T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2015-11-24T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T13:55:55","slug":"my-car-an-08-r32-stopped-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/24\/my-car-an-08-r32-stopped-by\/","title":{"rendered":"My Car: An &#8217;08 R32 Stopped By"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5608,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22649372223&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104153507\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22649372223&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-29 02:27:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-20 06:59:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 21:29:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 13:50:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 12:14:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 19:29:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 11:55:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 11:55:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5609,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23276497495&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104153512\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23276497495&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-29 02:27:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 13:50:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 19:29:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 11:55:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 11:55:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View '2016 Golf R and 2008 R32 Parking Buddies' on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22649372223\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"2016 Golf R and 2008 R32 Parking Buddies\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"228\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5746\/22649372223_6e5a174f1f_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taken in pitch darkness so apologies for the low-quality but a guy from southern NH dropped in as he wanted to take my car out for a drive as he\u2019s interested in buying one as well as do some VCDS coding on his 2008 R32. 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