Recent content by M_Bolc

So the article cited in the previous page confirms what I thought was the only way this could happen: some lazy idiots thought this would be a great idea, people eventually found out, failed to report it and now management and compliance have to clean this up. I can't imagine the reactions and...

They can still prosecute GM in the US for any wrongdoing they do overseas.

I'll just wait around for the inevitable thread where you categorize normal wear and tear as unreliable, sell it at a loss, and burn more money on cars not worth the effort of keeping on the road or restoring. Do yourself a favor and do not buy that third car, just tell the owner you don't need...

And this was also confirmed by German investigators. I forgot to grab the link, but VW and the German regulators assure that the majority of cars will be fixed by software updates.

i don't think it was base. It was all wheel drive and the CVT. Which brings me on to this: why are CVTs shifting nowadays? I bet that slaps the efficiency right out of them. I actually like the slipping clutch sensation in the Corolla because I know it's doing it for efficiency. The Journey...

I just grabbed a picture from the Internet. My rental does have BT, but a plastic wheel. Rick: the car is not brown inside, it's beige. On the Journey: what do you mean an "honest car?". It is mediocre, bland styling inside and out, the one I had got horrible mileage (22 mpg using cruise...

Are you ever going to mature? In other news: I've been in the US for work for 5 weeks. I had a Dodge Journey for 4 weeks. Remind me again why people put their hard earned money towards buying one of these? I'm now in a Corolla, who thought that this interior looks good? So many different...

The EPA and CARB have stated that the cars are still legal to drive as no recall has been issued yet. If you need to get an inspection the cars will be allowed to be tested and pass.

I'm just transcribing what other sources cited as official VW information. No one said the fix would be easy. The cars also have some wiggle room in regards to economy since they were consistently beating the EPA estimates. Not much of a case if the car meets the window sticker I guess.

I read in other sources that the solution depends on the application. Some cars will need software updates (I'm guessing the 2.0s with urea tanks that still don't meet emissions), others will require hardware updates (the hints from VW are urea tanks), and some others both hardware and software...

I got through 16 pages of this thread. The amount of idiotic ideas Spectre spews out is even higher than the NOx VW got caught with. I stopped when he insinuated that they may also be cheating on safety. For my own sake I stopped reading, I just can't handle stupidity. VW messed up big time...

I'm becoming an Uber driver this week. I'll mostly do it to and from work since I drive a pretty congested route, I guess someone must be going in the same general direction every now and then.

Are cars that cheap across Europe? We may have an interesting business opportunity....

Solid white line.

That's the only Tiida (Versa) we got. The 1.6 was the only engine. You were able to option up to nicer interior trims though.