Both companies lied, only one company can you tie those lies to dead people. Lies + Death+’that was old us’ excuse > Lies. If VW’s lawyers are worth their hourly wage, they will keep the context in that light.

The way you are positioning the situation with VW is a false premise by contextualizing it as “punishing” anyone. There is zero truth to that and to suggest as such is to imply malice, where non exists.

No, because you still drive a Prius, one of the most hateful cars ever.

That’s a pretty big leap to try and tie those 53000 people to VW. Any lawyer who tries to do so is going to be in for a massive beating in court if VW’s lawyers are worth their hourly rate. It isn’t anywhere as bad as the GM fiasco because what they did was a risk assesment that directly involved probable failures and…

The people like above tend to self-appoint themselves in my experience. They also seem to forget/skim over the passages about humility and how the meek shall inherit the earth. I suppose they will find out the error of their ways in the end, when they find out their ‘reservation’ was never taken after they pass on....

Which is annoying, because I believe the whole reason those standards came into being is because people were getting hit by cars when they were j-walking, typically dashing out between parked cars. So instead of letting j-walkers take responsibility for being idiots, cars now have to have awkward styling. If anything,…

It looks better than I thought it would - you can see elements of a lot of different cars but it works. That said, when I look closely at the shot from the rear 3/4 view, it would seem that this is a sedan, not a hatch. Which begs the question, if you are going to design a car with the profile of a fast-back hatch,…

Pay more money, get less stuff, not really a better car overall.... I can’t imagine where the italians got that idea from.....

I’d be curious to know what province that emissions test fail/take your car situation happens. We have emissions testing in Ontario, but it is a big joke/scam by the provincial governement. There was a report put out to show it actually doesn’t do anything a few years ago, and that all it does is generate revenue…

I was not aware of McDonough being that way. Wonder how he feels about his character in ST: First Contact being gay?

So it’s okay to ask for a payout for that then? Do you see why that reasoning makes no sense?

Which is fine if that is what you are suing for. It’s going that next step further that crosses the line. I agree, the company screwed up, and should face the consequences of that. But (especially if she has relocated to an area more accepting) to cite ‘undue stress’ is demeaning to the child she had, saying ‘hey, it…

Being a parent causes undo stress, but she chose to be one. I am not discounting that being the parent of a child of mixed heritage or of non-white heritage isn’t saddled with added drama due to people’s fears and prejudices, but it isn’t something you cite in a lawsuit about being given option ‘x’ when you chose…

Strangely, the Citroen version looks the “best” of all the variations I’ve seen of this fan (seriously the town bicycle this van... I’ve lost count how many different brands have slapped their badge on the front of it...). (Also, best=least likely to induce involuntary vomiting)

The racist part is here: “The suit indicated that “raising a mixed-race daughter” had caused undue stress and pain for the family.” You want to file a lawsuit for not getting what you purchased, okay then. But when you take it the next step as they have done here, well you become the asshole. I feel bad for this kid…

Same thing that is wrong with most other places: politicians, bureaucrats, the need for a “study”, a change in government that shelves it in favour of something more popular, a new “study”, poorly written tenders that get bid prices that are over-inflated, another change in government, new spending cuts, maybe a…

I think it is fair to say that in the order of priority, wi-fi is at the very very bottom of the list of things to worry about not working, if at all.

5TH Gear: Not that I would ever expect this to happen, but if this data is so valuable to #Brands, then let them buy it from the people they are collecting it from. In other words, you want me to subscribe to your app in my car and collect data from how I use it or other information in the car, then #brands can send…

Only if the person being hugged wants to be hugged in the first place.

How do you figure that there isn’t direct competition in Europe? Or are you suggesting (not untruly) that Fiat’s offerings are sub-par to Opel’s? And let’s not even give him any ideas about Mazda or Subaru. He can have Mitsubishi though....