Put down whatever rightwing moonshine you are chugging and think before you speak.

More like this:

Everybody respects a clean classic over fancy new cars.

This goes all the way to the top, and you know Winterkorn’s replacement Muller was likely in on it because starting 2007, “he held global responsibility for all vehicle projects of the Volkswagen brand and all Group brands.”

We’ll see what happens when they try to fix things with a reflash. Mpg and/or horsepower must have been severely impacted to make their illegal table switching worth the fallout of being caught.

Once you get used to cheating on the test and getting away with it, there is little incentive to change your ways.

The more I think about it, the more convinced that this cheat was known and signed off on by the highest levels of the company. They knew the new diesel regulations were coming and they knew that they couldn’t meet them without urea. Someone super high up made the decision to cheat instead of add a urea system because…

From Porsche’s press office:

VW bragged about how much better their engineers were than those of other auto companies that had to rely on urea injection to meet emissions:

Snitches get stitches.

About how long it takes for design decisions to make it to the showroom.

Do you honestly think that the micromanaging, domineering, chairman Piëch was in the dark about all this?

Only if you believe an unconfirmed report from a VAG-biased magazine with a less than stellar reputation for reporting the truth.

Except, who was in charge when the decision to game the EPA was made?

Nah, he’s taking the R32 to Moab...

Plus, roadside repairs of your jalopy is so much nicer when you can strip the gloves off before driving off.

I have a hard time believing that CYA doesn’t dominate the VAG culture.

Obvious answer is obvious.

Do you enjoy living in a safe country and having freedom?

Why are cars more efficient and no longer burn leaded gas?