I bet the Accord is just as fast as the BMW around a circuit.

An S2000 is also a better buy than a 20 year old, slow 3 series that breaks a lot.

He’s paying nearly $.50/mile in maintenance for a car that is as fast as an Accord V-6. Why.

But it’s not a chicken vs. egg scenario

I don’t think it’s that bad at all, but I am (9 times out of 10) in the Pre-Check line, which is 5-10 mins tops and doesn’t involve shoe or laptop removal.

Airlines keep doing it because studies have shown again and again that people want to pay the least amount possible for a plane ticket.

Of course.

Amen. I have an ‘08 RS4 and would love to replace it with something newer (warranty) with better MPG (I average 13-14 is all), but everything quick nowadays is DSG.

No, we don’t have the A1 or S1.

If you are generally healthy, or young, or have no pre-existing conditions, or have a job with excellent benefits, you weren’t the target of the ACA.

I do the same thing. In the past 3.5 years, I’ve owned (all manuals):

Home batteries can be used in conjunction with solar, but more importantly, can be used to store energy when rates are lower.

Condition does not matter at all, per the preliminary and approved settlements and comments made by plaintiff and VW attorneys in court.

There was nothing like that on the claims website. The car (if owned and not leased) must have a clean title and run/drive under its own power. It can be totally beat up - condition does not affect the buyback amount in any way.

Yes, but vehicle owners can literally return their vehicles in any condition, including with the interior stripped out, dings and scrapes on panels, warning lights on, etc.

As long as the consumption stays pretty steady, that’s not a deal-breaker for me. Takes an awful lot of oil to equal the cost of pulling the thing apart and replacing the rings.

Other than “high oil consumption”, does the car have any issues? Seems pretty easy to keep a quart in the trunk and remember to top off every 1,000 miles or so. Stop and go driving will make it worse too.

Opens up a whole new can of worms, including faked dealer documents, people complaining that they didn’t do service at the dealer and so only have documented mileage from independent service shops, people saying it isn’t fair because they didn’t do anything to document mileage until June of this year, etc.

Well, there’s a certain level of trade off. If you are a TDI owner who drives more than 12k miles per year, you have two options: Either pay roughly $0.10/mile for each additional mile (under the VW Settlement), or buy another car to put the miles on. Personally, I think $0.10/mile is a pretty good rental rate for a…

They’re required to get 85% of the cars off the road. Some people may choose to do nothing, but that seems silly given the financial incentives offered.