As much as I *love* theories like this, because they keep the fun alive, the truth is much much lazier.

VW should have said, “Sure, bring it in, here is your $100.” Then, when he got indignant about it, their legal stance would be more of the “Almost all of the vehicles we buy back are getting a fix, and resold. To resell this we will have to completely rebuild it.” Then hand him an itemized list for the repair of the…

What the hell has happened to Gizmodo? This isn’t news, it isn’t even accurate. The last five or six things I’ve read from Giz have been absolutely awful. Did all the real journalists get fired and we’re now left with 12 year old social media junkies trying to keep it alive?