33,000 over 20 years? With how many billions (trillions) of miles traveled and billions of travelers on the roads? That’s essentially nothing, it is so far within the margin of error that it is statistically irrelevant.

Free Market sorting things out is a long view take, the long view is that VW either materially changes or it goes away. The Short view is that stupid people do stupid things and f’ stuff up for everyone involved in the worst way possible (alternatively smart people doing stupid things, or even smart things at the…