The video is deceptive. You will notice the beginning, especially in the parking lot, the video is compressed to speed things up. It most likely was driving much slower in the residential areas.

Why even come out with anything OTHER than fully electric?

What’s nonsense is that you read Jalopnik and don’t know that bean counters (accountants) have as much influence on the reliability, quality and cost of an automobile as the engineers do.

Now that you’ve told auto enthusiasts to stop acting like, well auto enthusiasts...

Tesla has plenty of mechanical issues (just not gas related). Like that guy who reported what happened on his model S after 100,000 miles.

It is what it is - it simply says that they can’t deny registration “as a result of the emissions problems at issue in this case”

California has already address this issue through the official DMV website. They will still enforce the previous emission fixes (like the “let’s hide the cheat better” update for the Passat from January 2015) but they will not withhold registrations based on the dieselgate fix via the consent decree.

Per the official court documents:

I recently was pulled over for speeding. And out of my surprise I was issued a ticket.

I find it painfully ironic that big money, business owners, banks, etc are all supporting Trump (and traditionally support Republicans), yet are the ones most likely to take a hit if a Republican is elected.

Incorrect. Per the Court agreement, any state that accepts the final judgment (and I believe 43 states already had as of last month) CAN NOT deny emissions or registration contingent on getting the fix or not.

Um, yeah. MOST people look at the quality of the construction and the items used.

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Correct! There is so much at stake in this election. If Trump wins - Gays, women, the poor, the middle class, students, abortion right, immigrants and the economy will be devastated. Not because of the “he’s too unfit to be president” - he doesn’t even WANT to be president.

You just won the internet, my friend.

Fixed that for ya.

Here’s the thing - Yeah he’s getting $21K for the car. He most likely paid $20K -$22K for it. So he’s not getting some huge windfall. He basically leased his VW and is now turning it back in and getting yet ANOTHER car.

Agreed! There are many TDI/Ranger swaps listed on TDIClub.com (and other trucks as well).

Technically, Tesla is building a *Panasonic* battery factory in Nevada.