But is it as cool as a free Tibet?

VW software engineers are having problems, their boss told them to put in an emissions defeat device, but they are having problems figuring out where the tail pipe emissions control system is on the ID.3. That has caused major delays.

They tried. But when they went to shut it off, they got the “do not turn off your car while update is running.” Two weeks later, the car is dead, the update never finished, some Russian says you must pay 1000 bitcoins for them to unlock your doors, and Microsoft says user support for that version of the software ended…

They said they’d fix the road when pigs fly.

I need help. I can’t find the accompanying “I need to drive my J10 to North Carolina to pick up Torch’s golf cart in 5 days, but the engine is in 1000 pieces in my living room” article. Can somebody provide a link?

So, it’s time for VW to do the wild version of an EV that it did for diesel.

I’m in. I need this for many reasons.

Before there were trains, people crashed horses into things.

So was a case of coors

Hi, I’m Jimmy from Jimmy’s Manure Delivery.  All of our vehicles are Dodge Journeys, because they’re crap before we even load anything in them.

Thankfully I have a good choice of gas stations that don’t have those things.  Every time I encounter one I expect to hear “A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies!”

Also gas related, check the fuel tank. No really, I once had a very early XJ6 Jaguar, they have a petrol tank in each rear wing each with its own filler cap. I lent the car to a friend for a weekend and being a good friend he thought it would be polite to return it with full tanks. Knowing it was a thirsty brute with…

Thanks, I got it. Also, please don’t try to translate “buttfuckery.”

English is not my first language so I’m not familiar with legacy units. I meant 1000 kg. Which is one ton or tonne of whatever. The metric one. 1000 kilos.

Obligatory XKCD:

We didn’t claim it would be bigger than the “Model T.” Automotive News did.

Engineersky Explained.

One disadvantage of the location of the spare is when your bed is loaded with heavy materials and you have a flat, you cannot reach your spare unless you unload everything roadside....

Folks, this is how the Aztek, Fiat Multipla, slab sided Hondas/Lexotas from 2011 ish, the current Lexus grill, Honda Civic Rs, Prius snouts, got okayed. Speak up. Point and laugh. Write your Congresscritter. Do not get trapped in the Abilene Paradox.