Man, you’re thick in the head. There’s nothing WRONG with the shifter, it just doesn’t give enough tactile feedback for some people who negligently get out of the car without looking down at the dash, looking at the shifter, or noticing that the car moves slightly when they release the brake to exit the car.

As a 2014 diesel GC owner, I can’t see how this is such a huge problem. I’m not trying to be insensitive, deaths and injuries are always tragedies and something needs to be done — but it is my opinion that if you get out of a car without verifying that it is indeed in “Park” then it is on the driver. Slamming…

That’s a crying shame. Never had any issues with our 2014 ecodiesel, just hit 52k with nothing but regular maintenance.

That’s terrible. Our 2014 GC ecodiesel has never been to the shop for anything other than oil changes, except for when the automatic cruise control module was misaligned but that took 30 minutes to fix. Just hit 52k and it’s running strong. This last September it took four adults, chocolate lab, full trunk, and a tow…

I still don’t get any of the hype over the 500 Abarth’s little poot. It sounds exactly like my old 2005 Passat TDI after I chopped the muffler off. Seriously. Search “tdi mufflerectomy” on youtube. The Abarth 500 sounds like a small turboed tractor.

There is an article linked in this very one and by the same writer that you just read explaining how Kap’s contract is actually very good for the team. The sticker price quoted in articles is the absolute maximum he COULD get. If he gets injured the 49ers could cut him and not owe anything AND his deal requires that…