I rented a car to drive from London to Cardiff, and got a 5 speed Seat Ibiza. I was very embarrassed to have to return to the rental counter to ask for help, as I couldn’t get the car to move. The gentleman walks out and tells me to release the clutch more. The car moved. Now, I drive a 6 speed MINI Cooper here every…

I bought a ‘new’ fixed ‘15 Golf Sportwagen TDI with the DSG about 3 months ago. I was in the market for one right before the scandal hit, along with the stop-sale. Power actually seems about the same but throttle response from a stop is a lot better (based on the one test drive I did on the cheating one in 2015.) One…

Bring me a Diesel.

I had a similar thing happen to me in Louisiana, except a Chevy Silverado was to blame. The owner of the truck left a tie-down strap attached to one side of the truck bed, and the other side unattached, lying in the bed. When they got to the blow dryers, the wind blew down into the bed and the tie-down strap was…

I bought a ‘12 VW GTI from this terrible dealership years back. I traded in my ‘09 MINI JCW and left with the car that day. Worst mistake ever. 2 days later they called and told me financing fell through (which I found hard to believe as my dad cosigned with me and he had an 816 credit score.) they told me to come…