The EPA sucks for sure, and we have known for some time that they underestimate diesel mileage and overestimate hybrid mileage. This is largely because they create these idealized test conditions that have no bearing on real world use. They should have reformed both the tests and the testing procedures (IE don’t allow…
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The thing is that TDIs used to be the exception to the build problems that most VWs had. Look at the folks who have their cars go to 450k miles, or even flip the odometer (it turns when you get to the equivalent of 999,999KM.) And the truth is that MPGs could have been sustained without cheating, that’s what’s so…
With the myriad other problems I’ve had with this Mk6, I’ve found clear answers on that forum. From exhaust flap to leaking sunroof, and many more. Also, it’s kept my mk 4 on the road for 15 years. Much better than I can say for most of my experiences with dealers, BTW. The local one took three tries and couldn’t…
The thing is that any TDI owner will tell you that TDI’s always exceeded EPA numbers. My 2001 Golf would get as much as 52 MPG, and that was with B100 Biodiesel. The problem seems to be that VW set that expectation, and with the new Common Rail diesels and the emissions systems that they included, people started…
As a Sportwagen TDI owner, I agree, Business is Business. So what idiot at VW thought it was good business to cheap out on 300 euro worth of equipment to completely destroy any faith their customers had in the brand? This was total stupidity, and the consequences will be long lasting. Even if they manage to come up…
Rather than simply fining VW, either as a slap on the wrist, or to prevent diesel in the future in the US, I have an alternative thought. Since there are now sales of HVO or HPR biofuels in California, which lower emissions, perhaps VW should be forced to fund the development and distribution of alternative fuels…
Ooooops. My bad. Sorry about that. That’s what I get for going off half-cocked.
Actually, Ben & Jerry’s has a couple blind spots. Perhaps the most egregious is their support of illegal settlements in the West Bank, and their contracts to get water pumped from the West Bank illegally by the Israeli water carrier. Their breaches of international law have been pointed out to them repeatedly, but…
I once went to an Italian restaurant owned by Iraqi refugees in Knoxville. You could tell by the shawarma rotisserie machine in front of the pizza oven. Pretty damned good shawarma too.
Pehcahn, matchur, caramel, reesehs, samon, ant, orehgun, y’all, and muthafuckas. I was raised in Nashville.
Fuck you. Let’s see your medical degree. That happens to be the former head of UN health services in Gaza. Trained in the US, by the way. Racist much?
Not really. Nazis had an entire fascist mobilization, which was quite popular among Germans at the time (as well as some well placed Americans). It was technologically advanced, extremely well organized, and engaged in systematic ethnic cleansing campaigns that were dutifully recorded on IBM hardware. They needed no…
Let the EEEEEEAAAGLE SOOOOOOOOOOAR!!!!! Like it’s never Sooooooooared befooooooooore!!!!
C’mon now, don’t be ridiculous, it’s like your in-car 8track player with a juke-box kind of carousel. I only use my under-dash record player, but that’s because I’m a hipster.
I got one word for you: FuGaZi.
Yes yes yes, you’re absolutely right, thank you for your brave commentary! If anyone could still harbor notions that he’s not a douchebag, my favorite Bono moment was his tour of Africa with Dick Cheney, that must have really pulled the heartstrings of all the pastel pants yuppies that cavort at his arena…
BS. Mighty O makes the best donuts. And I don’t care who knows that I think so. Thhhhhhbbbt.
Agreed. The fact that the only way the the West can conceive of supporting wildlife in Africa is through monetizing their destruction is a symptom of a much larger problem. The article below makes a rather convincing argument that it is a relic of the colonial relationship where Africa is just a pool of easily…
A new clutch. It has soldiered on for 217k miles, but I’m going to try to eek another 30 or so out of it. Either that, or my 2nd gear synchros are toast. Whatever.