I’m surprised test engineers from any competitors didn’t come across it in ‘benchmarking’ ...but maybe they did, and said nothing? I’d think at least one automaker in the universe would have been interested in finding out how VW was accomplishing low emissions without urea injection

I know where you are coming from...it seems like Ford tweaks its ECU to perform at the highest MPG possible in the EPA cycle. Someone should look into whether, instead of increasing emissions, there is some sort of electronic power restriction that is programmed to activate - giving Ford owners higher EPA numbers than…

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good... retaining wall?

...was somebody looking for me?? I’ll work for SAG wage, just say the word!

Well, technically you could argue she succeeded in business, just solely to her own benefit. I wonder how her Presidency would go...

Neutral: Diesel in passenger vehicles is just not worth it* if this turns into the shitshow that it sounds to be (where none of the cars being built meet the EPA requirements in the real world tests).

In fairness, Murray did back off on his statement a bit, and riffed off a boring quote of “I love this offense. I love playing with these guys. It’s just how it is.”

Well, all of the components were likely lab and field tested on the current ECU only, so everything emissions related would be of first concern. That said, if there are widespread issues, I believe VW has waaay too much visibility on this, and will have to extend warranty coverage

Yeah, and I don’t think Sergio is in the mood to be taught a lesson by the UAW workers, when the Union management itself was clearly ready to make deals. At this stage of his career/life, I would say he has very little to lose. I think they made a beeeeg mistake. Chances are, he would be retired at the next contract…

In a battle of worsts, I would join Scientology before the Republican fringe.

A quickly melting iceberg.

Really, when you think about it, it’s just a fraction of what you’ll spend on keeping it running, so the ‘buy-in’ price is irrelevant.

Important point - has law enforcement officially stated that no DNA was found in the rape kit? Or is this all from a confidential law enforcement source?

I think SPLOID was started as a sub of Gizmodo. To promote that page and produce clicks, they needed to remind you of the name, and promote it heavily enough that it occupied your thoughts throughout your day, until it slowly drove you mad (it worked, right?)

Beijing on a sunny day. Excessive NOx emissions do kill and disable people in cities...very slowly, but en mass. That statement doesn’t let GM or other automakers off the hook for issues they should have been held accountable for...but diesels pumping out as much as 4000% of what they are supposed to is ridiculously…

Safe to say that, since he shot her whilst she was on the phone with 911, he didn’t plan this with intent to cash in on that life insurance policy... though I realize that sentence of the article was nearly verbatim from AP anyhow

I think liberals are tolerant in the sense that they don’t want to look into ‘getting rid of all the Muslims’, and don’t want to poke their noses into others business regarding who they can marry, what they do with their own bodies, things like that. However, liberals are intolerant of wholly intolerant self-righteous…

Benzos, I think... too many benzos

That face...it looks very familiar

They have sensors in the car doors for the garage door, and they only open as far as needed, (which sounds cool until they break in 10 years). Whether they articulate well enough to be crawling in along your garage floor is irrelevant - people who are enthusiastic enough to buy this just won’t care.