It wouldn’t matter if the public transit system was literally sitting there, waiting for me. I would still have to get off the freeway, go find parking in a lot, grab all my things, walk over to the bus/train/subway/whatever, pay for it, ride it wherever the closest station to my job is, and then walk the rest of the…

That sounds like a realistic solution that won’t add hours to my already long weekly commute times...

Justin, let me preface, this was a fine, unbiased article that well laid out A city’s mayor’s plans and comments. So kudos, no ill will towards you.

And, really, who wants to drive in megacity traffic?

To summarize, this is a (somewhat) uniquely disney/pixar thing. Disney decided back in the 50's (Susie the Little Blue Coupe, 1952), or maybe even earlier, that their car’s cartoon eyes would be on the windshield rather than the headlights likely due to it being a little easier to convey emotion with a larger canvas.

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Is it just me or does it just so happen that every time an automaker tries to build a car to pander to a specific group, rather than focus on the car itself, they fail horribly? The best example I can think of being Scion, totally missing the mark on the tuner craze in the early 2000's AND the hipster crowd about a…

Ya, the Cressida was a good candidate for a sleeper, especially if it was a stick. Even though it looked virtually identical to Camry, unlike said Camry and its transverse mounted FWD V6, the Cressida had a properly mounted 200HP inline six out of a damn Supra and was RWD.

I do not seem to recall writing anything that suggested a stripped car was either an example of “poorly maintained” or that is WAS in the “spirit” of the buyback. My point here was to illustrate WHY the car was stripped and WHY VW MAY have to take it based off the loose definition of “operable”.

Yes, I certainly can. However, as it often is, the issue here seems to be context.

I appreciate you clarifying you position of anger towards this man. Particularly, the following resonated with me:

I would argue the nature of this whole situation isn’t really anything to get bent out of shape over. This issue will get settled, or go to the courts and likely end up at least somewhat favorably for VW, as the true text of the agreement is very long and has plenty of material to argue against Mr. Mayor. Regardless…

So I want to start by thanking you for linking that video. I like Steve Lehto and I think he is right on the Money 99.9% of the time. I have only disagreed with him once on a matter of the regularity of dismissal of traffic citations when the officer is not present, at least in California. But I believe he is…

Ok. So. Yes, I agree he very clearly violated the spirit of the buyback; he is absolutely trying to take advantage and I will even submit to the idea that it could cause a bit of hassle for a number of lower level employees.

...which is why I will find how this debacle unfolds so very amusing.

My mistake.

Great addition to the conversation.

If you want to defend him based on his/your interpretation of the settlement, please go ahead.

If he takes this to court, he’ll lose badly...

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