For perspective, VW’s illegitimate tax breaks cost the US government $51 million...

I would definitely take his fall for his severance. He’s not going to jail.

I wish I could be useless/incompetent at my job and get a severance like that. Hell give me an even $1 mil and I’ll be happy. But I forgot that CEO are so incredibly important and get paid what they do because they do thousands of times more work than anyone else.

OK, you’re just screwing with us now, right? This post is just trolling to see how many people will vote NP just to be ‘edgy’. Nope - not gonna play your game (even though I reflexively selected CP - c’mon, any Allroad over $1,750 is automatic CP).

No good, I've owned too many allroads (I've owned one allroad).

yep. like I said elsewhere, GM may have kneecapped the image of diesel cars in the ‘80s, but Volkswagen just put a bullet in its head.

You win all my internets today

That is one ugly ass truck.

It has a compression release, because the BSA Victor it is emulating had a compression release.

Agreed, I’ve owned 2 XL 600s and a CR500, all no issue starting whatsoever and I’m just an average size guy. Buddy of mine had a Suzuki GT650 2 stroke, she was also easy to kick over. The kicker on those old bikes is so long you get tons of leverage.

Ah the good old days, when we had actual leadership and pride in our country.

I’m so tired of moronic Pats fans defending their team.

It will always succeed even outside of the green crowd.. I see people who supplant their diesel budget for big ass coal rollers they truck about on the weekend, by getting to and from work on a 60 mile commute.. via a Prius..

Obviously things are tough on the Prius because the Volt is a far superior vehicle.

yet you fail to realize that if they were paid the 70k a year that one of those ‘millions’ of trucks cost, those trucks would suddenly cost 140k...

I feel like David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan break this mold to a degree, but maybe I’m biased as their builds are just stupid fun.

Not a single mention of Roadkill, huh? They’re perfect for TV. All of their episodes would actually fit perfectly into 1 hour time slots. That and they are already touring which could only bolster viewership.

You’re ignoring some very bad capital decisions on the parts of the automakers: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archi…

$22/hour to start most jobs last I heard.. which at 40 hours a week, not counting overtime, benefits or anything else comes to $44k a year.. Not having had a raise since 2008, after nearly sending all domestic automakers titsup? tough shit I reckon..

Wasn’t unreasonably high salaries and pensions part of what got GM into the bailout mess? Maybe these workers should go to McD’s where they can make the big bucks.