Sounds like their taxes are higher, plus we have ~6 times as many "freeway" miles to maintain as they do. Just look at the number of four lanes there vs. here (Wiki says the longest stretch of four lane in the EU is 21km). LA proper probably has more miles of five lanes than that.
Their taxes are higher - but IIRC, those taxes also subsidize transit. And virtually nobody complains!
I complain. Don't think anyone is listening. San Diego was rated the most efficient mass transit in the USA. It only costs the tax payers $1 per passenger. I guess that is something to be happy about.
I complain. Don't think anyone is listening. San Diego was rated the most efficient mass transit in the USA. It only costs the tax payers $1 per passenger. I guess that is something to be happy about.
Fare box recovery has never been even close to B/E. The underlying assumption has always been that folks would drop off taking it should it come close to B/E, let alone makea profit.
. . . says the longest stretch of four lane in the EU is 21km). .
This is feces. Frankfort alone has more miles of 4-lane (one way), and I've driven on it. European motorways or autobahns or whatever the Italians and French call theirs are world-class.
Too funny!!! All they need to do is buy one more hybrid bus, (if their 10% less reliability has any truth to it) per 8 hybrid busses Too bad they didn't figure out the reliability booby trap beforehand. HUGE diesel advantage, especially since they are adding 7 more diesel busses to their fleet, instead of 8 more hybrids.
The VW Golf Sportswagen TDI is a mellow sort of car that inspires a particular kind of admiration, says Dan Neil who found himself pondering the fate of his test car
Since this is a generic answer, I will keep it on this board.
First of all, get the car looked @by the dealer, as you suspect the contributing cause falls under warranty and periods AND the faults were not fixed correctly the first time. Get Audi USA in the loop also. Another would be to let them (Audi USA/dealer) handle the repairs. As a minimum, I would want a new car. I would surmise this incident shoul be reported to the NHTSA .
Six, get a good auto personal injury attorney. They can coordinate the various issues (lemon laws, etc), or @ the minimum give you legal advice about actions and remedies.
Since this is a generic answer, I will keep it on this board.
First of all, get the car looked @by the dealer, as you suspect the contributing cause falls under warranty and periods AND the faults were not fixed correctly the first time. Get Audi USA in the loop also. Another would be to let them (Audi USA/dealer) handle the repairs. As a minimum, I would want a new car. I would surmise this incident shoul be reported to the NHTSA .
Six, get a good auto personal injury attorney. They can coordinate the various issues (lemon laws, etc), or @ the minimum give you legal advice about actions and remedies.
Can you repost in that discussion? Doubtful the OP will find this thread.
Chrysler is whacking powertrain warranties. But not for diesels.
This tells me that Chrysler thinks their diesel engines are less troublesome than their gas ones. Don't know if GM did the same when they cut their powertrain coverage a little while back.
Dropping a (gasser) power train warranty 40% (100k to 60 k miles) is absolutely HUGE !! For my .02 cents , NOT in a good way!! Yet, the narrative seems to be designed to narcotize the action taken !!!!! (like ho hum another slow warranty day, zzzzzzzzzzz NOT! ) Purely from a consumer point of view, it would seem that a 67% (greater miles) better warranty over GM's would be a HUGE competitive advantage. Evidently that is not so. ! ?
So perhaps they are saying what they REALLY mean. They are trying to limit MASSIVE $$$ exposure. So @ 60,001 miles, the figurative,proverbial and literal S O_ _L_ _ _ _!?
In contrast, the 2009 VW TDI's power train warranty was extended (178 %) to 10 years/100,000 miles. (from a 3 year/36,000 miles, IF I remember correctly ? ) So folks can say what or do anything they will about/with VW. To me, that IS stepping up to the plate ! They also stepped up to the plate by covering the expenses on a (out of warranty and) RARE HPFP issue. (800 cases/241,000 units)
VW is still 10 year, 100k mile drivetrain. What they did drop is the full free service, I have on my 2013. I also negotiated 4 years, 48k mile full service, bumper to bumper including brakes. I have over two years before I start looking for a replacement.
Dropping a (gasser) power train warranty 40% (100k to 60 k miles) is absolutely HUGE !! For my .02 cents , NOT in a good way!! Yet, the narrative seems to be designed to narcotize the action taken !!!!! (like ho hum another slow warranty day) Purely from a consumer point of view, it would seem that a 67% (greater miles) better warranty over GM's would be a HUGE competitive advantage. Evidently that is not so. !
I agree, however GM announced earlier that they were cutting their powertrain warranty back to 5/60 too for 2016 models. And there wasn't much fuss about it.
"The five-year/60,000-mile coverage matches that of many of GM's largest competitors, including Ford, Toyota and Honda. Hyundai and Kia offer a 10-year, 100,000-mile powertrain coverage, which the Korean brands bill as "America's Best Warranty."
VW gets no respect - left out of the laundry list at Automotive News.
Dropping a (gasser) power train warranty 40% (100k to 60 k miles) is absolutely HUGE !! For my .02 cents , NOT in a good way!! Yet, the narrative seems to be designed to narcotize the action taken !!!!! (like ho hum another slow warranty day) Purely from a consumer point of view, it would seem that a 67% (greater miles) better warranty over GM's would be a HUGE competitive advantage. Evidently that is not so. !
I agree, however GM announced earlier that they were cutting their powertrain warranty back to 5/60 too for 2016 models. And there wasn't much fuss about it.
"The five-year/60,000-mile coverage matches that of many of GM's largest competitors, including Ford, Toyota and Honda. Hyundai and Kia offer a 10-year, 100,000-mile powertrain coverage, which the Korean brands bill as "America's Best Warranty."
VW gets no respect - left out of the laundry list at Automotive News.
Again that might give VW another HUGE ( but probably overlooked) ADVANTAGE !! (based on the real world actions, aka anecdotally)
So should Hyundai and/or KIA go diesel, or ( IF) should I ever will shift back to gassers, they surely still have the warranty edge.
There are also a lot of TMI things hidden in plain sight. VW Consumable seem to last FAR longer, for example. I would want a certain amount of due diligence if /.when I should ever switched to Kia or Hyundai.
For the greater audienc, again the underlying assumption is ANY car should be able to go minimum of 100,000 to 150,000 with just scheduled maintenance.@the first major tune is where most let doubt and fear take over.
..."Last year, Volkswagen (VOW.Germany) spent $2,6000 per vehicle on R&D, Japan’s Honda (HMC), Nissan (7201.Japan) and Toyota (TM) spent $1910, $1395 and $1124 per vehicle respectively. US’s General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) spent $1121 and $1013. By comparison, Kia and Hyundai spent miserly $497 and $463 only."...
Is this one of the REAL bailouts whose can keeps getting kicked down the road?
Chrysler Boss Recruits Activists to Prod GM Into a Merger Sergio Marchionne believes hedge funds can sway rival’s board to accept his entreaties
By ERIC SYLVERS And JOHN D. STOLL June 8, 2015 7:42 p.m. ET
..."Mr. Marchionne has said that in the coming years he sees the car industry consolidating around three companies each producing about 15 million cars a year. Volkswagen AG, Toyota Motor Corp. and GM are the industry’s largest manufacturers and produce about 10 million cars a year each. Fiat Chrysler was a distant seventh last year with 4.7 million vehicles made."...
Subaru could become a full subsidiary of Toyota. Ford could reconnect with Mazda and Volvo, and do the Jag/Land Rover thing with Tata. Nissan/Renault could throw in with Honda and Mitsu.
And they can all hang around while Tesla and Google's autonomous cars eat their lunch.
Right part of the "lunch eating procedure" is the 35,000 profit per car! Much of that is due to the MASSIVE fed state and local tax credits AND deductions. Most are unmatched by more conventional power plants.
Subaru could become a full subsidiary of Toyota. Ford could reconnect with Mazda and Volvo, and do the Jag/Land Rover thing with Tata. Nissan/Renault could throw in with Honda and Mitsu.
And they can all hang around while Tesla and Google's autonomous cars eat their lunch.
No! I like Subaru; I don't want Toyota to destroy them.
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Subaru could become a full subsidiary of Toyota. Ford could reconnect with Mazda and Volvo, and do the Jag/Land Rover thing with Tata. Nissan/Renault could throw in with Honda and Mitsu.
And they can all hang around while Tesla and Google's autonomous cars eat their lunch.
No! I like Subaru; I don't want Toyota to destroy them.
I do too. I read an article yesterday about how profitable and efficient Subaru is. Their biggest "problem" is the great demand for their vehicles and how tight supply is. Toyota is Fuji Heavy Industries biggest investor. So it might be a matter of time (unfortunately).
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
..."About 21% of the compact cars and 20% of the midsize cars sold during the first quarter ended up in daily rental fleets, up from about 17% in the same period a year earlier, according to the most recently available U.S. registration data. For subcompact cars, the daily rental mix was 28% for the period, up from 24% in the prior year.
Registration data, compiled by IHS Automotive, was provided to The Wall Street Journal by industry sources. IHS declined to confirm the numbers, saying its data is proprietary.
The data presents a troubling caution flag for a U.S. auto industry enjoying the strongest demand in more than a decade. The push toward rental-car fleets indicates a key portion of the market is being artificially supported."...
..."It’s a tall order made more difficult by the parent company’s culture. The VW brand sold 4.6 million cars last year, generating €99.8 billion ($113.2 billion) in revenue. Its scale dwarfs Volkswagen’s other business such as luxury car maker Audi and sports car maker Porsche. But in terms of profitability, the VW brand is a laggard. Porsche generated €14,500 ($16,500) in pretax profit per car last year, compared to €540 at the VW brand, according to IHS Automotive."...
I'm not sure what point that article is trying to make..... I thought it was common knowledge that luxury makes sacrifice volume for profit (per item sold) and the opposite is true for mass market cars. It is Volkswagen, after all! 540 euro per car at 4.6M cars is ~2.5B euro. That's not too shabby.
2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
I'm not sure what point that article is trying to make..... I thought it was common knowledge that luxury makes sacrifice volume for profit (per item sold) and the opposite is true for mass market cars. It is Volkswagen, after all! 540 euro per car at 4.6M cars is ~2.5B euro. That's not too shabby.
To me the points are quite clear, The various consequences probably merit the discussions.
Back home, "For drivers that burn diesel, it's been quite a while since the price for that fuel was cheaper than gasoline.
But according to the AAA's fuel gauge reports today's average price in Bismarck for a gallon of gas rings in at $2.84 comparing to the $2.70 for diesel.
It's hard to remember the last time a gallon of diesel was cheaper than gasoline.
"I think it's been a decade since we've seen this. Maybe back to around the financial crisis," said Mike Rud, North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association."
Back home, "For drivers that burn diesel, it's been quite a while since the price for that fuel was cheaper than gasoline.
But according to the AAA's fuel gauge reports today's average price in Bismarck for a gallon of gas rings in at $2.84 comparing to the $2.70 for diesel.
It's hard to remember the last time a gallon of diesel was cheaper than gasoline.
"I think it's been a decade since we've seen this. Maybe back to around the financial crisis," said Mike Rud, North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association."
Hit the road, lots of people out there cruising around, and motel rates are high. Tourism does seem to be down here in Taos however. Lots of empty storefronts in the small rural Kansas towns we hit last week. The feedlots and oil workers seem busy though.
Diesel has mostly hit parity with regular with premium running fifty cents higher from my seat of the car observations.
It's interesting to see how effect the tax subsidy for diesel passenger cars has been in the EU from my Bloomberg link.
Diesel on average is 40-50 cents less in San Diego. Costco gas averaging $3.25 diesel averaging $2.85. I paid $2.92 for my last fill-up with American Express card. Over all average for 25k miles 26.2 MPG. Beats the heck out of my PU at 15 MPG. PU costs today about 22 cents per mile, Touareg costs 11 cents per mile.
"According to the latest Edmunds' data for January-April 2015, diesel models make up 2.9 percent of U.S. retail vehicle registrations. Although that's up from 2.3 percent for the same period in 2010, it's actually a reduction from this time last year when diesels made up 3.1 percent of registrations."
It's hard to remember the last time a gallon of diesel was cheaper than gasoline.
"I think it's been a decade since we've seen this. Maybe back to around the financial crisis," said Mike Rud, North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association."
Here in LA, it has been up to a dollar cheaper for several months. At the moment it is about 50 cents cheaper.
It's possible that CA isn't charging the 0.60 surcharge that started in January (for global warming, doncha know) on diesel, only on gasoline, since diesel is needed for business. CA is paying close to $4/gal for gasoline, while the rest of the country is dealing with something between $2.50 & $3.50.
It's possible that CA isn't charging the 0.60 surcharge that started in January (for global warming, doncha know) on diesel, only on gasoline, since diesel is needed for business. CA is paying close to $4/gal for gasoline, while the rest of the country is dealing with something between $2.50 & $3.50.
That's the (literal) price of progress!
2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 2013 Ford F250 Lariat D, 1976 Ford F250, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100
Finally VW has a little good news. In spite of the good news, the Passat is still a sales laggard. I don't think the people that buy VW want an Americanized version. Building a factory here may be a big mistake.
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA REPORTS JUNE SALES GAINING 5.6 PERCENT OVER 2014 Jul 1, 2015
*High-mileage, TDI® Clean Diesel models accounted for 24 percent of sales in June – the highest TDI mix since April 2014
The Touareg, refreshed for 2015, delivered 561 units: 328 of these were TDI® Clean Diesel models, amounting to 58.5 percent of its sales.
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I complain. Don't think anyone is listening. San Diego was rated the most efficient mass transit in the USA. It only costs the tax payers $1 per passenger. I guess that is something to be happy about.
Gotta love the internet.
VW Golf SportsWagen: A Special Kind of Love
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vw-golf-sportswagen-a-special-kind-of-love-1432323688
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First of all, get the car looked @by the dealer, as you suspect the contributing cause falls under warranty and periods AND the faults were not fixed correctly the first time. Get Audi USA in the loop also. Another would be to let them (Audi USA/dealer) handle the repairs. As a minimum, I would want a new car. I would surmise this incident shoul be reported to the NHTSA .
Six, get a good auto personal injury attorney. They can coordinate the various issues (lemon laws, etc), or @ the minimum give you legal advice about actions and remedies.
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This tells me that Chrysler thinks their diesel engines are less troublesome than their gas ones. Don't know if GM did the same when they cut their powertrain coverage a little while back.
Fiat-Chrysler Cuts Powertrain Warranty Coverage on 2016 Vehicles
So perhaps they are saying what they REALLY mean. They are trying to limit MASSIVE $$$ exposure. So @ 60,001 miles, the figurative,proverbial and literal S O_ _L_ _ _ _!?
In contrast, the 2009 VW TDI's power train warranty was extended (178 %) to 10 years/100,000 miles. (from a 3 year/36,000 miles, IF I remember correctly ? ) So folks can say what or do anything they will about/with VW. To me, that IS stepping up to the plate ! They also stepped up to the plate by covering the expenses on a (out of warranty and) RARE HPFP issue. (800 cases/241,000 units)
"The five-year/60,000-mile coverage matches that of many of GM's largest competitors, including Ford, Toyota and Honda. Hyundai and Kia offer a 10-year, 100,000-mile powertrain coverage, which the Korean brands bill as "America's Best Warranty."
VW gets no respect - left out of the laundry list at Automotive News.
So should Hyundai and/or KIA go diesel, or ( IF) should I ever will shift back to gassers, they surely still have the warranty edge.
For the greater audienc, again the underlying assumption is ANY car should be able to go minimum of 100,000 to 150,000 with just scheduled maintenance.@the first major tune is where most let doubt and fear take over.
Slow news diesel day with ultra low sulfur diesel at $3.13 . Rug is at $3.49 Mg at $3.59 . Pug is at $3. 69 .
Edmunds.com has predicted annualized 2015 MY sales of 17.4 M units. The WSJ predicts 17.8 M.
http://blogs.barrons.com/asiastocks/2015/06/02/hyundai-motor-falls-to-four-year-low-why-is-korean-auto-such-a-failure/
I am guessing the VW figure of $2,6000 is a typo. ($2,600?) But then again another hidden advantage to the VW brand?
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA REPORTS MAY SALES – UP 8% OVER 2014
The Touareg, refreshed for 2015, delivered 700 units: 348 of these were TDI® Clean Diesel models, amounting to 50 percent of its sales.
High-mileage, TDI® Clean Diesel models accounted for 22.7 percent of sales in May – the highest TDI Mix since August 2014
http://media.vw.com/release/989/
Chrysler Boss Recruits Activists to Prod GM Into a Merger
Sergio Marchionne believes hedge funds can sway rival’s board to accept his entreaties
By ERIC SYLVERS And JOHN D. STOLL
June 8, 2015 7:42 p.m. ET
..."Mr. Marchionne has said that in the coming years he sees the car industry consolidating around three companies each producing about 15 million cars a year. Volkswagen AG, Toyota Motor Corp. and GM are the industry’s largest manufacturers and produce about 10 million cars a year each. Fiat Chrysler was a distant seventh last year with 4.7 million vehicles made."...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chrysler-boss-recruits-activists-to-prod-gm-into-a-merger-1433806966
And they can all hang around while Tesla and Google's autonomous cars eat their lunch.
RUG - $2.95/gal
PUG - $3.25/gal
ULDS - $3.13/gal
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
http://jalopnik.com/the-volkswagen-beetle-tdi-is-almost-perfect-and-thats-1707087253
Registration data, compiled by IHS Automotive, was provided to The Wall Street Journal by industry sources. IHS declined to confirm the numbers, saying its data is proprietary.
The data presents a troubling caution flag for a U.S. auto industry enjoying the strongest demand in more than a decade. The push toward rental-car fleets indicates a key portion of the market is being artificially supported."...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-auto-industry-develops-a-weak-spot-1434364381?mod=WSJ_article_EditorsPicks_6
Small & mid sized SUV's are (predictably) down ! (lower %)
..."It’s a tall order made more difficult by the parent company’s culture. The VW brand sold 4.6 million cars last year, generating €99.8 billion ($113.2 billion) in revenue. Its scale dwarfs Volkswagen’s other business such as luxury car maker Audi and sports car maker Porsche. But in terms of profitability, the VW brand is a laggard. Porsche generated €14,500 ($16,500) in pretax profit per car last year, compared to €540 at the VW brand, according to IHS Automotive."...
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vw-brands-new-chief-known-as-cost-cutter-1434668608?KEYWORDS=vw
Paris Smog Obscuring Eiffel Tower Threatens Diesel-Car Dominance (Bloomberg - interesting chart there on diesel's current fuel tax advantages in the EU)
Back home, "For drivers that burn diesel, it's been quite a while since the price for that fuel was cheaper than gasoline.
But according to the AAA's fuel gauge reports today's average price in Bismarck for a gallon of gas rings in at $2.84 comparing to the $2.70 for diesel.
It's hard to remember the last time a gallon of diesel was cheaper than gasoline.
"I think it's been a decade since we've seen this. Maybe back to around the financial crisis," said Mike Rud, North Dakota Petroleum Marketers Association."
Higher Diesel Availability Means Lower Prices (kfyrtv.com)
Diesel has mostly hit parity with regular with premium running fifty cents higher from my seat of the car observations.
It's interesting to see how effect the tax subsidy for diesel passenger cars has been in the EU from my Bloomberg link.
This price is with the full complement/various diesel penalties !
Gas and Diesel Prices Close, But Consumers Not Ready To Rethink Vehicle Choices
VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA REPORTS JUNE SALES GAINING 5.6 PERCENT OVER 2014 Jul 1, 2015
*High-mileage, TDI® Clean Diesel models accounted for 24 percent of sales in June – the highest TDI mix since April 2014
The Touareg, refreshed for 2015, delivered 561 units: 328 of these were TDI® Clean Diesel models, amounting to 58.5 percent of its sales.
http://media.vw.com/release/1011/