Your problem is you are male, and got out of bed this morning.

As a corporate denizen, let me explain the decision-making process at work here:

“Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn’t end.” — Brian Flanagan

This. Right here. If you neglect your household appliances, you neglect your vehicles. CP.

Marketing. “See those guys that make you put... ahem... PEE into your car? Yeah, with a TDI, you don’t have to do that, AND you can have your fun, too!”

PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIECH!

Wow. I thought that whole quote was just German for a polite opening: “Good morning, everyone. I hope you are well.”

Imagine if they had eaten a whole wheel of cheese.

only the chevy suburban was the only one who breezed past the investigation, comfortably seating 10 people

Survivorship Bias

The consumer produced all the required documentation for the “incentive” (credit? deduction? rebate? anyone know?), and they can reasonably argue that the documentation was valid to the best of their knowledge.

If they paid for it by enforcing the laws on the books..... <Cheney> so? </Cheney>

they’re neutered

To be fair, coal rollers should be forced to suck on their stacks.

1st: $51M / $18B = 2.8%. Even with a discount rate applied over 6 years, I’m pretty sure the tax revenue will be covered.

<Bob> If the weatherman says “OK, today it’s going to be cloudy and 5 degrees”, you double that, 10, and add 30. So it’s the old 40 degrees.”</Bob>

they’ll set aside $7.2 Billion in just the third quarter

VW’s software was written to sense the EPA testing scenario. If another country uses a different testing protocol or scenario, the software won’t engage ECO mode (if everything otherwise works properly).

I keep having to post this

<Bob McKenzie> So you double it, add 30, and that’s 21,000,030 imperial cars. </McKenzie>