Fine. So tell me, how pissy did you get about this?

It’s to inspire user confidence in the system. The visual depiction of the other vehicles is so that you know that your car knows they’re there, so you know it won’t lane-change you into a sideswipe or maintain cruise-control speed into a fender-bender.

“The instrument cluster will be updated to include a real-time visualization of the road.”

It’s VW clean diesel.

I got e-mails (“Dear Doug, can you take your Skyline to CarMax?”). I got text messages (“Hey man, take your Skyline to CarMax!”). I got YouTube comments (“u should of taken ur skyline asshole”).

Best piece of prose by far

I agree but I think we are all starting to see what many of us already knew; manufactures know what it takes to make a car look good to the EPA and have no problems doing it, even to the detriment of real world performance. The case with VW was that they simply crossed the line...it was bound to happen it was just a…

I think it’s pretty well documented that the water was eerily calm that night; a fact the detail-obsessed director would have most certainly made sure was accurately represented.

My car’s mileage “plummets” 13% (5mpg) when my wife drives. 4 mpg is not ridiculous. Yes significant from a marketing standpoint, but not much especially when the EPA rating for an ‘11 Sportwagen TDi was 42

Your conclusion is incorrect

With my ‘14 Passat at 60mph on cruise control, single driver, no wind and flat terrain from L.A. to S.F. on I-5, I am getting 53-55 mpg. I am sometimes (depending on wind situation) almost able to make the trip forth and back on a single tank (425 miles each direction). Even with a 5mpg hit, it is still a very…

Not sure if 4 mpg is a “plummet.”