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Of course, NA does have the Juke, had the Pulsar, and I think Canuckistan got the Micra back in the 80s.
Those Caddys are everywhere in Germany, they take the place of pickups and small SUVs, as there's not the constant need to pretend tough.
I probably shouldn't say this in print, but the Lakeside Inn is truly one of the best casinos, food places for "locals!" We bring clients, work related associates, all manner of sets of friends, & family there. People at that place seem to work very hard at making you feel welcomed & relaxed.
I can't say I blame you about the "winter sentiment" !
As for warmer climate, we decided not to look for a place with AC ! ? I really wanted to populate this place with fans ( drought & all) But a general contractor that we trust said: give it a year & if we still want them, he'd be glad to put them in. In Silicon Valley, you will suffer many days without AC!
Not sure I would recommend this, but had Pandora on the Bluetooth, Google Maps doing the navigation, iPhone was plugged in, passenger was doing a work related call on another phone!
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/11/30/despite-low-cost-diesel-fix-vw-not-increasing-7-billion-fund/
It's a bit like the BIG 3's RAM air concept & rice racer decals. Tons of (more HP) less N0X !
A right now example,is like climate change is responsible for IS IS ! I'd want Valerie Jarrentt on this one!
Meaning this "solution" isn't going to fix much of anything.
This comment hit the nail !!
Its just a whitewash to fool the regulators.
Don't forget that lower Saxony he is one of the few areas of Germany that has real jobs. On a broader level, they have bought into the refreshing properties of the refugee KOOL-AID!
VW Corporate has to sell off some of those brands that are not essential & not contributing to the bottom line & greater efficiency in those pursuits.
With friends like this, mpg really doesn't need enemies! ? It would seem also a lot of gasser owners don't really care or understand that all these electronic & other options options can add serious hits to mpg!
Consequences? Https://www.yahoo.com/autos/gas-prices-plummet-hybrids-and-evs-feeling-the-181921719.html
How do you optimize large car to P/U trucks sales ? Aka, with low gas prices ?
Gotta love these CA expensive diesel prices!
(Costco, Folsom, CA still @ $ 2.35 ULSD, RUG $ 2.23 , PUG $ 2.47)
(Of course, I do wish ULSD was @ $1.98, like in Georgia )
The 36 mpg (SOS/DD) tankful posted 6.53 cents cost per mile driven: fuel. (in cold winter) Fuelly.com lists the PUG version @ 21 mpg, or 11.23 cents cpmd: fuel.
PUG is 72% MORE! zzzzzzzzzzzz. Besides, who REALLY wants 42% less fuel consumption anyway?
However, by definition, ethanol IS an alternative fuel.
IF the MB GLK350 were E85 compatible, mpg indications are app 25% less of 21 mpg or 15.75 mpg !? On a 50 mpg Prius, it would head south to 37.5 mpg & lower!
Another insult to injury: one pays the same amount for a far cheaper gallon ethanol than a gallon of RUG/PUG !!
I was getting 35-36 mpg hwy, and with ethanol that immediately dropped to 31-32 mpg
Pre-ethanol it took 10 gallons of GAS to go 350 miles
Post-ethanol it took 11.29 gallons of FUEL to go the same 350 miles
11.29 gallons of FUEL is 10.19 gallons of GAS and 1.1 gallons of ethanol
Someone smarter than me is going to have to explain how we're using less gasoline.
So, ...YOUR math suggests that mandated 10% ethanol causes you to use 3% more RUG/PUG. The "narrative " professes that you use LESS RUG/PUG !
I am sure that you see the layering of onions here. Given the 95% to 97% PVF gasser of 269.3 M, 2013 NHTSA figures. 13% more use over 10% that you bought is a huger loss over a very huge loss. So do you believe burning MORE creates less CO2 and less N0x?
How long does it take for the whole VW thing to shake out? If diesel was "progressing", how many steps does it have to retrace (if any at all)?
Over all, not long @ all. So if VW sells 23% diesel, and takes a 10% (overall) hair cut for " the fiasco", the loss is 2.3%
I think this is sort of like pruning of fruit trees, I am sure if you are the tree, it hurts. It also lets the other auto diesel OEMs expand.
So overall, VW did not increase gasser sales to make up for " no diesel" sales inventory. IF they HAD, they would have increased gasser sales app 32%! That would have been MONSTER & way beyond "normal " expectations.
"November was another monster month for the auto industry, with car and truck sales accounting for a SAAR around 18.2 million (just shy of Edmunds' forecast of 18.3 million)." (from a PR today from us)
It is actually interesting that one of the more exciting, the Golf is more tha 42 years old (1974) : on the NEW MQB platform.
An interesting take on FORD! https://www.yahoo.com/autos/s/fords-big-sale-failed-because-people-dont-have-222856471.html
https://www.yahoo.com/autos/feds-push-more-ethanol-into-gasoline-but-will-164706945.html
17 dying car models, not a diesel on the list? https://www.yahoo.com/autos/the-death-list-17-cars-that-1312151609933878.html
8 mpg! What would a gas or gas hybrid get? 4/5 mpg?
So for example, in the city of San Francisco, you can tell a urban sedan, because they need about $2000 each for the front & rear bumpers in parking ding repairs! On my first TLC with 250,000 miles with "Smitty Built" powder coated tube bumpers, neither had so much so much as a paint scratch!
Unfazed by dieselgate, Volvo rolls out new sedan (firstpost.com - not clear if they are bringing the diesel flavor to the US though)
Lots more competition for EV fuel. Where it's still illegal, the pressure is on diesel fuel to run the off-grid power generators. Pot growers pressure the grid (cortezjournal.com)
And this is interesting:
2017 Chevy Cruze hatchback spied for the first time, coming to US (worldcarfans.com)
"Chevrolet has already confirmed the five-door Cruze hatchback will be available in United States and it also said a diesel engine will be introduced sometime in 2017. "
Getting rid of diesel is really a fools errand ! IF the Eco [non-permissible content removed] could wave their magic wands & make everything on electrical, one consequence would : EXPONENTIALLY increase the dependence on nuclear: fission & fusion, coal, & natural gas !
In slow diesel day news, Diesel HPR (Propel) is @ $2.39. E85 @ $ 2.19. Hangtown prices.
The references were posted (for one to run/check) . They do NOT support what has been,is, & continuing to be inferred.
I do think the misinformation supports the narrative that the VW's are facing shots from the cosmic death platform.not doing well! (aka, as well as it is).
Like I've said in the past posts , IF VW doesn't know how to use all this FREE publicity, shame on them! But the articles indicate they do have at the worst, a rudimentary understanding.
That is why they don't even dare to document places that has active Volcano's, like ... Hawaii
So even as the article tries to get arms around the issues, it totally leaves out N0x, for example.
What also has to be understood, environmental lobby's ARE special interest groups!! They have always acted to cripple to annihilate other special interest groups!
The caption didn't note whether the freighter was hauling diesel VW engines to Rotterdam.
Ships are also totally FREE of emissions controls!
That is so very true when the answers are so very easy: make all these kind of ships nuclear powered!
I don't use public chargers anymore, but that is because I prefer to charge my C-Max Energi at night when it is cooler. I can always run the engine if I expend my main battery charge.
Back on topic, my Energi will get about 65 MPGe overall, making it much more efficient than the VW Passat TDI we own for in-town use. On the road the two are pretty similar at 70 MPH, above that the TDI has the advantage by a wide margin (4 MPG better at 80 MPH).