From the Reuters report on this:

“The only exception were cars built on VW’s latest MQB production platform, which is used in its top selling model, the Golf VII, which the researchers found does not have the flaw.”

This is the worst idea in the history of ideas. If I look out my helmet I need to see what I am looking at, not have ANYTHING be obstructed by ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY distractions/information.

BLECH.

And distracting you.

And Bingo was his name-o

“Go Further” - I think that’s some kind of Dead reference.

It mainly provides smoother downshifts. Less wear on synchros is a side benefit.

Manual: Learn how to double-clutch especially if any of your regular passengers know how. Trust me, it bugs the everlasting shit out of them if you keep not figuring this out. We can only be polite about this for so long.

Posted this above, maybe this one will get out of the grays -

Oh god.

The Apocalypse (as it became known) started with the Cayenne. Unfortunately, it also kind of saved the company. I guess nowadays this means this kind of crap will help defray the cost of the VW fiasco.

Lots of discussion on how this happened; I haven’t seen these points made so here is my response from a related followup:

As a motorcyclist*, let me point out a couple things:

1) The crash was actually caused by failure to maintain the correct cornering line - notice right at the start she basically quits turning and goes straight. At this point what is known as target fixation kicks in, an SR that unfortunately is common in panic…

5 minutes into The Internet this morning and we already have the day’s winner for the question “Why?”.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Or, in the case of cigarette boats (formerly known as rum runners), cargo space for smuggling.

I once watched a motorcyclist try to get into it with a car - as a rider myself I couldn’t believe it. He swerved AT THE CAR. What are you going to do, idiot, ram the guy?

People are unbelievable sometimes.

Even if you’re right - you argue with a car, you may be dead right.

“CNT” as in oh wait never mind

So much this. Why does BMW have to be involved with this?

But we don’t even know if other cars, other than the cop, were on the road.