Yes, in earlier documents they stated that they would be using pre-dieselgate (ie. Sept14 2015) NADA “Clean Trade” value as their benchmark for the buyback value with nothing deducted for above average mileage or actual condition of the vehicle (except that it has to be able to be driven under its own power).

Even if the car was fine, you’d be crazy not to. We almost traded our Sportwagen in last year, and got offered $9,500, we hung onto it because we couldn’t get close enough on price for the new car we were looking at. Then diesel gate broke like 2 weeks later and we decided to just wait and see what came out of it. …

Really pleased that the ~1% of VW owners who seem to have failed basic economic principles (and probably most other life lessons) were not able to derail the settlement like they were trying last week.

“Let me repeat that: it is the buyer’s responsibility to know what vehicles are appropriate for his or her budget.”

“No you’re not a trucker”

You want a cookie?

“It’s crazy how much performance you can get for the money from a Mustang”

I understand it may not be sustainable going forward to go back to the old engine formulae, but good god I would pay a sizeable chunk of money to watch just one weekend of an old V10 car lapping at COTA. It is such a true power circuit in ever sense of the word, that 20k RPM wail would be sublime. I could die…

Based on my inability to get a single day General Admission ticket for Saturday, I wouldnt be surprised to find out that most of these attendees were there for the T-Swift concert on Saturday night. I’m not going to complain. I actually saw this last year too, on my way out to take a friend to the airport there were…

Right, I get that, and dont necessarily have a problem with it. The problem I have is when they wait until they are practically up under the bumper of the truck in front of them and then just bull their way out into traffic that is often going 10-15MPH faster than they are. I have had plenty of 18 wheelers…

Bingo, and this will be feasible when we finally get autonomous trucks because the autonomous truck isnt going to care if the truck in front is going 0.1 MPH slower than it wanted to go, it will just adjust speed and maintain safe spacing. I get, it tucks arent fast, but when there is a line of cars driving 10-15MPH…

Ricciardo and Butler absolutely stole the moment on the podium this weekend. What a downright likeable guy Ricciardo is. By comparison Hamilton (and to a lesser degree Rosberg) is just one dimensional boring and robotic. Any time I have ever seen Lewis on a TV interview he always comes across as dull and forced…

A lot of people weigh their truck/trailer combination to make sure they are safe/ have the correct tongue weight/ havent exceeded any listed capacities. I have no idea if this weigh station had a “Tractor Trailers Only” sign or whatever, but if they didnt I dont see what is wrong with this, as someone else pointed…

my guess is he was trying to spook the pickup driver or teach him a lesson or something and just cut it too close (presumably because he is parked all the way down on the end where I guess the trucker felt like he was blocking him and other who wanted to pull a U-turn).

My take? Trucker in the front was probably having a shitty day, saw the pickup/camper parked all the way at the end the lane making his U-turn even more difficult. Probably decided to the spook the pickup driver to teach him a lesson (what? I am not exactly sure, but then Im not a trucker so) and scare him by…

My prediction, order exiting T1:

Yeah, my parent’s Disco Series2 with a 4.0l needed 3 valve jobs in less than 75k miles. To add insult to injury, they decided to keep it even after the third valve job, and almost as if to spite them the engine somehow dislodged a piston sleeve and lost compression on that cylinder making it even more gutless than…

That’s what makes the solid axle variants of these so damn attractive. Find one with the 4.6l V8 (because unlike the 4.0l it replaced, the 4.6 wasnt a steaming pile of dog shit) and then replace the suspension with Old Man Emu/ARB parts when the airbags fail.

That’s a pretty bold prediction given Hamilton’s run of form on starts this year. Based on that I give Nico the edge. He put the car on pole last year and the year before that so over one lap he has the edge here vs Hamilton. Add to that the long parade lap which wont do Hamilton any favors with that temperamental…

Yes with one qualification, it depends on what year model you are talking about. On a modern emissions controlled truck (post 2007 for most MFGs) that is correct, it should not blow any perceptible black smoke under acceleration if the DPF/emissions system is still intact, even if it has been tuned.