$1500? Man, your coworkers got ripped off.

People doing that drive me nuuuuuts

“Floor your car to about 10 miles over the speed limit then coast to 10 under and repeat until you reach your destination for the best fuel economy.”

The Detroit of 7 years ago is not the Detroit of today, never mind 40 years ago. You’re trying to make it sound like the same thing is going to happen again but you’re only showing how out of touch you are with the modern Big 3.

These are global companies developing technology on a global scale. The us IS NOT the…

Again I say:

Seriously, you expected something else??? They are just names being slapped on to vehicles built to hit an established market segment, nothing more.

Appropriate screen name is appropriate. Hate to sound like I’m taking VW’s side in this but man do I not feel the least little bit bad for them telling this dude to fuck right off.

“I’ve waited long enough already,”

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Is it legal to drive it on public roads in that condition? Is it still considered “operable” if it isn’t legally allowed on the road?

1. I didn’t say he wasn’t within his rights - which is the sort of nebulous, empty justification that people use to excuse shitty behavior that isn’t explicitly illegal. Just as shitty people who pay their food bill in coins in response to shitty service are within their right to do so, it’s still childish,…

define driven; 10 feet? or legally on US roads.

What a prick. This is on par with those crybabies that try to pay their speeding tickets in pennies.

I guess it depends on how they define operable. its currently not legal to drive like that so it would be easy to argue that it is not an operable vehicle.

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I live in Minnesota too and can’t tell you how many times snow tires have saved me. It’s not always the situations you can control when you need them. They allow you the extra control to avoid other people, which where I live (MPLS/U of M) has some of the worst winter drivers I’ve seen. Snow tires have helped me make…

they’re sufficient, until they’re not.

This.... and when they do fail, get ready to shovel out thousands of dollars.

Because they already struggle to meet current standards, and those that meet or exceed those standards do so with active emissions controls which often fail long before the engine does.

Because it’s different. Different is good. Different is not a fucking Camry. Different is not beige. Why is the dream jalop car a brown diesel manual wagon? Because no one in their right mind would want one. So we automaticly (manually) do.