Currently shopping the Duramax Colorado. If you’re putting 30k miles a year on a vehicle like I do, this truck offsets the price premium in fuel savings after like 2 years.

Some argue that airlines are adjusting programs to squeeze more out of business travelers, but some of those changes trickle down to leisure travelers trying to take advantage of loyalty programs.

Technically, all vehicles in the class action were sold this way. They developed the defeat device prior to 2009 specifically to cheat emissions. They should have never sold any of them.

My question is how does this play out for someone who needs a replacement vehicle immediately? I feel like I will have a much easier time with this by buying a beater car on craigslist, that way the transaction can take however long it needs to take and I still have wheels I can use in the meantime. But, what about…

My 2013 Jetta which retailed new for $25.5k qualifies for $22,700 in the buyback. I’ll gladly sell it to you today for a grand over that.

The example shows a 2009 with 55,000 miles. How does one justify paying a premium for a 42mpg car and turn around and drive it less than 10k a year?

VW Opened up their claims website. Owners of 2.0 TDIs can now start their claim. Buybacks are still a few months out but you can get your “official” amount.

The first piece we bought was a weight machine (Inspire FT1). Our primary reasons for going with that over a treadmill as our first piece:

These, supermarket circulars and the fake “Mortgage Payment Information Enclosed” refinance junk mail constitute like 95% of our mail.

We have a 200k Jetta TDI in the family since new. It runs like a top, but the engine has far fewer miles than 200k. That car was the one we learned the valuable lesson about replacing timing belts at their interval on VWs.

Dealer greed notwithstanding, the Fusion is price comparable if not a better deal.

Everybody is following the money and putting all their effort into trucks and crossovers lately. Shame for those of us who still want cars.

Fusion Sport, maybe? But yeah, mostly a bland segment. I was shopping for a larger car a few years back and ended up sacrificing interior space and got a Focus ST.

It’s grounded to the ground!

Could work if you encapsulated the whole vehicle in Nerf foam. Otherwise the crash-happy ramp rats would put these out of commission within minutes.

Sometimes things don’t feel like they are choices but they really are. I had a hard time with that for a long time too, and am slowly getting better. Things like snacking, driving on the weekend, taking toll roads, paying for television service, cooking dinner, working out. It’s easy to let yourself believe you “don’t…

Hot coffee: Cream first. Iced coffee: Coffee first.

Standing, into a sink (NOTE: I puked into a sink once when I stayed with a friend and everyone got mad at me, probably because I chose the kitchen sink. I had no time for alternatives.)

This is America; we like our beer cold, our TV loud and our headlights blinding.

The classic 900 turbo has some definite issues in general, but god what a fun car to own when everything is working right. Setup from the factory to be very tail-happy. Pretty much built to do Scandy flicks.