And in support of your view, the US needs German’s cooperation in a bunch of areas.

I’d say “states should test for emissions at annual inspections,” but then I getting in line at the station, and jumping out with my timing gun and wrench, so I could retard the timing enough to pass.

I agree in principle with the idea the government would by hypocritical to bust on VW when they let GM slide. That said, the government has no problem being hypocritical.

Ah, NJ Emissions.

They do if you climb them in reverse. (And the handful that were legally sold here in the 80s had the most powerful engines ever put in a 2CV)

Easy: Ferrari 308GT4. With a Peugeot diesel engine swap.

For some reason the word “catfishing” is rattling around in my head now.

The Trump people are thickest on NoLongerLonely.com.

Apparently this isn’t yet a thing on the only dating site I frequent, SeniorPeopleMeet.com

A person in a rolled car who smells spilled gasoline, probably.

True. The smell of leaking gasoline would motivate a quick exit.

TBH, I didn’t realize non-flatbed towing was still a thing. Yikes!

Yes.

That was the perfect answer.

“Fix it and compensate owners for the difference” runs into the same problems. It’s been pointed out to me that European diesel standards are a lot lower than the US standards, so they can probably handle this in their home market. China probably doesn’t care, so that handles their biggest overseas market, as well.

You’d only make that suggestion if you were sure your political party controlled the psychiatric profession, and would always control it. I suspect this is one of those “be careful what you wish for...” comments.

Like he’s the only one?

32K??!!!

If they’re gonna call it like foreigners normally call these things, it should be “TOUCHDOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!”

OTOH, we get absolutely reamed on car insurance and property taxes. And a house in my home town costs a minimum of $350,000 for a small cape cod. Still wanna trade places?