I think you underestimate the number of engineers that sit around looking at Jalopnik all day.

You’re right, though I would say JFK is probably the worst airport in America, hands down, followed closely by LAX. Well BWI is pretty butt as well. All those silver columns are just... weird.

1st gear:

Even if he was an affirmative action admission all it would prove is that affirmative action kicks ass and is worth the investment, because we got Barack Freaking Obama out of it.

The DB9 was an amazing car. Better than it’s predecessor by almost every metric: power, performance, design, chassis engineering, technology, etc. etc. But there is no way ( in my small mind anyhow) that it is more significant to Aston Martin than the DB7. If it wasn’t for Ford’s money and their two welded together…

They could even put an ECU in it that adds seventy horsepower when not in “the EPA is checking this" dyno mode too!

Neutral: What’s another option instead of a buyback?

For me learning that, no matter what, I had at the very least some control over my situation. Even back when it was awful (in that I had few options and my pay wasn’t enough to cover my apartment that I shared or my needs like keeping my car maintained or contacts/glasses etc). I could have made better choices in how…

I talked about this elsewhere in the comments because somebody else brought it up as well (I’m copying and pasting out of convenience, not to be a dick).

Easy, Tesla drivers = consumers. Pilots = professionals.

A website that does as you describe launces in July, aand it says so on the bottom of every page of their tables

May VW owners derive strength through the joy of this restitution.

Oh, absolutely. I was just being captain pedantic for the sake of it. Blame the work I don’t currently feel like doing...

I posted this already but here you go.

For TDI owners like myself that are anxious to know exactly how much VW will be paying for your car, here it is, broken down by model, year and options.

The pre-2009 cars met the regulations at the time. New regulations came into affect in 2007 which VW was not prepared to meet. That is why there are no 2007 TDIs. VW extended production of the 2006 cars until the end of calendar 2006, well into when they should have started building 2007 vehicles. I had one of those…

When toyota bought back my 1996 Toyota Tacoma, they gave 1.5x of KBB’s top value. I didn’t like the idea of giving back my beloved truck, but the price was more than worth it.

I don’t know about other people, but resale value was a big factor in my purchase decision. It was formerly quite good on these cars.

I asked my insurance company a few weeks ago, “How much would I get if the car were totalled TODAY?”

It’s a 15 Golf TDI with 11,000 miles, purchased new for $26,000 (Sticker was $31,000).......

The answer.... $12,000 or there abouts. I lost $19,000 in value in ONE FUCKING YEAR.

It’s a great car... but I’ll sell in a…

I’ve been a member of TDIclub.com for over a decade and there has been quite a bit of discussion on this.