I’m not sure about this one, but the last gen 1.4L Turbo engine in the Cruze was not direct injected actually.

My ex had a 2011 Eco and the worst we ever got out of it was in the high 20's, but it never got better than 38 either. The best vehicles for sitting in stop & go traffic are hybrids.

Its about as fast to 60 as an old 300TD.

My ex girlfriend has an ‘11 Eco that even with mostly highway driving on long trips has never seen above 38MPG. You’d have to be the only person in the car, with no cargo, on E0 92oct fuel, with the A/C off on a cool day to achieve that presumably. You really have to wring the thing out not to get mowed over when…

I’m surprised there isn’t some logic for automatically shutting the fuel supply and engines off after a massive collision. We have this on every modern car already.

They actually used to make some pretty badass PWC’s.

I love how he stepped on the brakes and put it in reverse as its clearly floating around, as if it will magically just reverse to shore.

I read a study a while back that came to the conclusion that small cars with decent crash ratings are statistically safer since they can juke around and avoid major accidents or at least avoid the worst part of a collision involving multiple vehicles. Though, seeing your average driver, I seriously doubt this, they’d…

Might have you all beat: Ford Raptor owner with an ‘04 Jetta TDI as my DD that can roll coal when the intercooler is heat soaked.

Oh I had a lady at work the other day printing out PDF’s from our Document Imaging software and scanning them back in as PDF’s so she could merge two documents. I explained that the whole F’n point of the document imaging software was that you can do all of that on the screen. She said it’s too hard and takes too…

“OMG WAS THAT YOUR ENGINE!?”

LOL but you know that’s not how capitalism actually ends up working, right? I’m not saying what VW did was OK, but if darling GM would’ve done something similar, it would’ve been promptly swept under the rug after the tax payers were left holding the bill. BTW, pretty much every major US diesel manufacturer got busted…

...and everyone involved in that scuffle clearly could’ve benefited from some extra walking anyways, not like they’re wasting away.

...which then generates more particulates in a diesel, which you have to trap and incinerate with more regens in a DPF diesel, which uses even more fuel. You can also crank up the EGR to counteract NOx, which reduces efficiency as well.

You would think that; I’ve heard it explained more thoroughly, but you can’t reduce both NOx and PM, and maintain the same CO2 levels. Combustion doesn’t work like that according to some engineers hanging out here.

The sooner VW is obliterated by so many lawsuit awards rendering the company bankrupt, the better. Just think how well the remaining vehicle manufacturers will toe the line afterwards.

Not to mention that it also increases EGR deposits in the intake tract, generates more soot, which causes more regens and more rapidly depletes the catalysts so they will need to be replaced more often. Its a lose/lose for the consumer and environment, you’re just shifting the damage somewhere else. Why does the EPA…

Also, I can’t even believe that people on an automotive enthusiast website are actually arguing the case FOR mandatory electronic nannies that an owner can’t disable as needed. Have you ever even watched how they do time trials of new vehicles on a TV show? They have to disable all of it to even get a consistent lap…

Since we’re making assumptions about people we don’t know, I’ll just assume you’re some suburban dweller who’s never been off-road (on purpose) or had to deal with the combination of snow and hills.