My definition of “daily driver” means that you will be driving it every day, and won’t need some sort of back-up when that $528 “dealer only” part takes four days to arrive, and requires another day to install.

Actually, it’s not all that goes wrong. The additional list of things on my garden variety C-class includes:

Uh, as the owner of a similar vintage pedestrian C-class, I can assure you, you’re wrong. You have no idea how much stuff in these cars desperately tries to go kaput. Power seat control modules, $300 per unit, two per car, and when they go bad, they kill the battery. Suddenly, a $300 repair becomes a $450 repair for…

They have such cunning pilots on Aerlingus.

That’s really awful.

And that’s considered one of the “ugly” 124 Spiders because of the wretched 5 mph bumpers.

It lacks the elegance of the original Pininfarina design. Oh well.

The fee for in-flight wi-fi. You pay it, then log into Jalopnik to see that it’s all about airplane stories and the lede is a bus crash in Seattle.

I agree with you on the point that VW broke the law, and it’s commendable for Mr. Winterkorn to step down. Where it appears that you and I disagree is that your tone leads me to think you’re concerned that all the whales are going to wash-up dead, on shore, and that everybody, from Honey Boo-boo to Betty White are…

It’s real simple my friend! If you make the assumption that VW diesel-powered cars are the only source of particulates and nitrogen oxides, then this VW situation is a disaster!

However, if you recognize that particulates are from everything...when you mow your lawn, when tires roll (where do you think all that tread…

And the number times most people see one of these things on the road is pretty small. And the number of times you see people standing next to the tailpipe intentionally breathing diesel soot is even smaller.

But what you forget is that 40 million times more pollution is still like 40 million times less pollution than 30 years ago.

It could be. But it won’t.

Of course. Audi bounced back from the 60 minutes hatchet job. Ford bounced back from the Explorer/Firestone debacle. Chrysler bounced back more times than a superball. If anything, this will make VW try harder.

With all due respect, I appreciate that you did the homework. However, your sales arc of the X-body is not really atypical for any model. What makes the X-body different was it wasn’t replaced with another car they called, “The X-body.” It was a transitional car for GM. I wouldn’t lay the demise of GM completely at…

Perhaps you’re not enough to remember the Vega. The reason the X-car achieved “Car of the Year” status from Motor Trend is because the Vega made the X-car, particularly with the X/11 kit, seem like a brilliant product. And for the record, it was Chevrolet alone that once had 40 percent of the market, while the…

So I’ve got 11 “Likes” and six “GM sucks.” I rest my case.

Been there. Done that.

Long-term effect? Not much. How many people are still pissed off about the crankshaft pulleys falling off their Chevettes? How many people are still pissed off about their Vegas rusting to death in three years? How many people are still saying “Gumbmint Motors?” The answer, “Not enough to affect the bottom line.”

I did. This survey from ADAC shows otherwise.