I read that ‘fund’ aspect as being the separate remediation fund for general TDI/NOx pollution, not the “how to us poor duped consumers retrieve our comeuppance” fund. I’m still hoping I head straight to the local VW dealer and they cut me a check.

You know how I knew NYC would be at the top of the list? Because people who live there take every opportunity to talk about how it’s the best city, like they all have an inferiority complex. It’s like listening to Trump keep insisting that his hands aren’t small.

I lemon lawed my 2013 Golf R last year. I agree that was nice to have driven the car for two years for almost free. Unfortunately, VW was a PITA when it came down to the LL process. I followed my states guidelines and submitted all the paperwork which clearly showed that my car qualified under my states LL laws. VW…

I have a friend who wants to put a diesel engine in one. This is perfect for that. Obviously resale value is not an issue.

Yup. Federal standards are a must. This may be the first big recall that makes un-fixed cars not road legal.

Reliability of emissions devices will also go down since they’ll be running now.

“The press from this story will put diesel cars into mainstream news coverage, if only for a short while and as we all know, with increased exposure comes increased curiosity, and with increased curiosity comes sales.”

It’s either shockingly misguided or prescient, and only time will tell. I see three options;

I’m pretty sure the last Die Hard movie where the guy from Justified was the villain disproves your “expert advice.”

A lot of factors determine whether or not increases would be deemed acceptable or not... existing conditions, nature of the receptor, qualities of the added noise, local ordinances. The vast majority of vehicular noise increases will generally be acceptable, as long as you aren’t building a subway line or bus line or…

For environmental impact reports/statements and negative declarations, mostly. I’ll model projected mobile-source noise impacts from new developments/roads/trasportation lines. For most smaller projects, results are negligible. But larger, noiser projects, or projects in low-noise neighborhoods, can have significant…

We could already do that, it’s my job lol. Sounds like a fancier version of TNM, which is the FHWA’s noise modeling program. TNM allows you to input fairly detailed vehicle parameters, pre-existing attenuation parameters, and potential mitigation measures to model noise predictions. I’ll definitely have to check out…

right... well what i meant was in response to your post that said that the definition of a timing chain was that it connected WP/alternator/blah blah. But that crap doesn’t matter.

Not a B5 - this is not based off an A4 platform - update to read “C5 generation”

You sure you mean a B5, not a C5 allroad? Not a bad choice as long as in the budget disclaimer you are not also claiming repair costs.

No loan is truly 0%. If they call it 0% then you’re paying the interest as part of the price of the vehicle. I’m not saying a 0% loan vehicle can’t be a wise decision, mind you. I’m just coming off a 0% financed vehicle and going into a 2.99% financed vehicle so I’m no stranger to financing. That said, if you pay cash…

That 1.12 is skidpad sustained lateral G. The 1.57 here is peak.

Nascar has a safety car doing 55MPH on all cautions no matter what. Today, the speed limits take place instantly when a caution comes out. No partial track caution, no driver discretion, no confusion. Nascar fixed this over 10 years ago as cars were nearly hit racing back to the caution.

Your AC doesn’t need a recharge, you have a leak. R134a doesn’t degrade, your AC is a closed system. If your AC isn’t as cold as it once was you have a leak or a component needs to be replaced. A recharge just pushes a problem down the road.

And tickets are STILL dramatically cheaper in real terms than they were before the industry was deregulated.