It sounds like the settlement does a good job trying to compensate the majority of owners fairly. There will always be outliers. Having the settlement be perfect for every person would take too long and be too costly. And a settlement that bankrupted VW wouldn’t have been beneficial either.

Great writeup. Best of all, you’ve pointed out there are several “bridges too far” that really lie beyond VW’s responsibility. Owning, operating, and maintaining a car costs money. For those expenditures, an owner expects to be able to drive themselves from Point A to Point B on an ongoing basis. The nastiness of…

it’s called advertising, they don’t care how shitty it looks

“Glad I noticed this badge, so I don’t have to wonder where the clutch is anymore”

What’s even worse is that it lets thiefs know that they can drive your car.

Well how else are you gonna know if...

How does one measure Vtecs?

Hey look! I can’t drive a stick!

In your face part time 4wd and other inferior wheel drives!

How about the most useless gauge? How does one measure Vtecs?

How to impress onlookers.

3rd Gear: Man, this shit is going to get horrible, isn’t it? Were going to have our cars spamming ads at us before long. Here, drop 40k on a new pickup that will repeatedly tell you every time you’re within spitting distances of an Arby’s.

Except that Toyota and Honda can succeed with boring due to their (perceived) reliability.

Or their hillbilly deluxe, Realtree and Carhartt Silverados.

You would think someone could create a general formula for car demand, based on things like birth rate, income levels, car prices, gas prices, how long since someone has bought a car, average ownership length, etc.

“But we want you to use emojis instead of words!” /smashes TV.

It’s amazing how quickly we shift from “CAN’T BUILD EM FAST ENOUGH” to “WE ARE ALL DOOMED” when it comes to auto sales.

GM deserve to be punished for their awful “real people, not actors” campaign.

but what about when you what it to be... a rave club ?