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My wife went to pick up the car, and called me, practically in tears. They had absolutely ruined her new Mustang. I took off work, and went down to the dealership to sort things out. It looked like someone had exploded a "grease bomb" in the interior of the car. Grease on the seats, on the carpets, on the headliner, all over the dash. The back seats (which almost don't exist in a Mustang) had grease on them.
I told the dealership manager (not the service manager), that it was a new car or a lawsuit, his choice. He said he would give us a rental car and within one week we would not be able to tell that it wasn't a new car. I allowed him the chance to prove that, and he did. I'm not sure how they managed to do it, but they did pull it off.
Which begs the question: what ever made them think they could get away with returning the car in that condition?
I mention it because considering CARB, I don't think owners are going to be given any choice. It is fix or CA won't issue a registration the next time it comes up. I believe you just got your two year smog, but that doesn't mean they have to renew your registration.
As mentioned all the Smog shop does is look to see if the exhaust is clean and if any alterations have been made to the emissions system. The CA diesel smog test is a joke.
At the current price for DEF from Autozone of $11 per 2.5 gallons, cost per mile would be less than half a cent per mile. $5000 would cover well over a million miles of DEF Blue. At current diesel prices $5000 will pay for my fuel costs at least the next 4 - 5 years.
Also the local Napa has periodic sales on a also the local NAPA as periodic sales on Ebola d blu
The good news is the Amarok may be headed to the USA. Still not a small PU.
http://www.trucktrend.com/features/1411-diesel-duel-chevrolet-colorado-vs-volkswagen-amarok/
I'm not sure this is entirely true, but from what I've read of the articles so far, it's looking like 2.71428 cents cpmd: depreciation. ($ 5k for being bad, $ 9k= bb$$'s,$ 1k= VW GW , $ 1.2k IRS tax credit, =$16.2 k- $ 20kpp =$ 3.8k/140,000 miles= ) Should I hold out for original $ pp?
ULSD @ $2.23, RUG @$2.67, PUG@ $2.87.
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
Hyundai surprised everyone with a unique and very much not full-size truck. It’s called the Santa Cruz, and it boasts a unibody design, a compact footprint, and a diesel engine.
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
MONSTER 664# ft of torque @ 435 hp!
I wonder when/if the $5000 for VW being bad will be dispensed ? If they BB $$ the 2009 VW Jetta TDI, I'd be interested in the latest used TDI models 3.0 L they could sell.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-10/vw-said-to-near-fix-for-tainted-3-liter-audi-porsche-diesels
The lemmings are out in full force on VW diesel gate ! https://www.yahoo.com/news/vw-may-nearing-fix-dieselgate-154500550.html?nhp=1
I thought this was pretty hilarious: get better MPG ? Nah... Ford got a patent to ...fake it with the noise ! ? I guess those early Honda rice rocketeers were on to something when they said decals made more horsepower http://www.hybridcars.com/ford-patent-suggests-fake-engine-noises-can-save-fuel/ ?
Slow diesel news day up here!
Local ULSD $2.57, RUG $ 2.79, PUG $ 2.99.
The MB GLK 250BT is @ the local dealer for the 30,000 miles service. The major things are oil/oil filter, changs, I'm sure they will top the Blue Tec, tire rotation & the normal visual inspections. I'm looking most forward to the hand car was!
We are getting a look at the 2016 MB C300, 11 k miles, included loaner. The wife likes the GLK 250 BT a lot better & more!
"To make an omelet, you got to break a few eggs" maneuvering an Aircraft Carrier vs a Spec Ops fast boat.
Slow diesel News Day !
Picked up the MB GLK 250 BT. The service advisor said the 2014 MB GLK 250 BT took 7 each 1/2 liter Ad Blue containers (.92 gal * 128 oz per gal= 117.76 oz/ 30,000 miles = .00393 oz per mile) of ad blue.)
He was somewhat flummoxed as to how well the vehicle was kept & little to almost no wear on tires, brake pads, discs, BF flush, etc, etc.
I told him it was a daily commuter (54miles+) that got 36 mpg, on one of the worst congested commuter roads in the nation. It was also a Tahoe, CA commuter also. He just shook his head, said just keep doing what you doing, whatever you're doing !
This is TMI, but I'm really enjoying using the Mobile One ESP diesel oil (30,000 miles OCI) Evidently the MB diesel was designed with this oil in mind.
The 30,000 mile OCI seems to also work in the 2012 VW Touareg TDI! @ app 60,000 miles.
That's absolutely great ! I hope the trip was very pleasant !
Had a great time in Oregon. Family, Friends and Flowers. What more could you ask for? I do see we had a good price jump on RUG and Diesel while we were gone. My local diesel stop is up 20 cents a gallon to $2.46. Still a lot better than the 4 bucks a gallon when I bought the Touareg in August 2013. Total cost for diesel $208 for 2530 miles. If anyone had told me I could have that kind of luxury ride for 8 cents a mile 10 years ago, I would say they were looney. Our last vacation in the Sequoia cost 21.5 cents per mile. It is not half the vehicle the Touareg is.
The other thing is disconcerting. Only two of about 6 stations sold D2 vs B20 diesel. What happens when if B20 is all that is available? So far in CA I have not seen any for sale. It is always cheaper than straight ULSD.
The TMI about HPR is that it's about 75 cetane versus 45 cetane for ULSD! HPR being .20 to .30 cents cheaper ! This makes me not @ all inclined to buy B20. So it's almost a no brainer. The other no-brainer is Propels pumps are on the way up and back to North and South Tahoe, CA.
Guess it really boils down to the semi drivers wanting to do their own fuel ups.
"A German environmental group has scheduled a news conference tomorrow to discuss the allegations against what it calls “Europe’s dirtiest diesel car.”
Dieselgate may spread to General Motors, European press reports say (consumeraffairs.com)
As it turns out, roughly 15,000 miles per year (avg) gets racked on each of the three diesels.(2009 VW Jetta TDI, 2014 MB GLK 250 Blue Tec, 2012 VW Touareg TDI)
So (grade school) math indicates (15,000 miles per year) 40 mpg-375 gal/36 mpg-417 gal/ 33 mpg-454 gal. @ current prices ((ULSD $2.39, RUG $2.39, PUG $2.73), makes costs for ULSD fuel about as transparent as it gets. Anyone can run the "like model" comparisons.
http://finance.yahoo.com/video/why-ford-won-t-merge-155710690.html
My take, if folks haven't figured it out, VW is "right sizing" @ the "right" time! Might as well get massive tax write offs & credits & special dispensations, while it's being done!? One major regulatory issue that remains is the ever increasing mpg standards ! No matter how much hate is thrown @ diesel, diesel remains poised to be the mpg answer in the future ! The myriad of reasons WHY remain !
VW is going to be making a big EV push I think.
Consumers like Passat owner Holly of Oak Harbor, Wash., want nothing more than to be rid of their TDIs. "It has depreciated so much you can't pay anyone to take it yet. You can't drive it because it is so unreliable.
If her car has been so unreliable why has she kept it? People like that are what is wrong with this country. My dealer has not had any owners wanting to get rid of their VW TDIs. Only people complaining are eco nuts.
Today I saw an old 90s era Ford diesel pickup smoking like an unhappy volcano.
Der Spiegel - believe it when you see it, not a moment before.
In comparison to 25% VW diesels, I don't think that notion is anywhere close! I also know that you're not saying that as a result of the VW EV push, that the effort will result in 25% 2016/2017 model year EV sales ! U
I halfway suspect that VW will try to re-institute diesel sales albeit not at 25%.
Per Wiki - not an academically admissible source, but sure.
"Volkswagen intends to have a fully connected electric car with 300 miles of range that can be recharged in 15 minutes on the market by the end of this decade. That car will sell for less than the price of a conventional car, Stackman says."
Volkswagen Says It Will Lead In Electric And Autonomous Car Technology (gas2.org)
300 miles, 15 minutes, that might be competition for everybody's darling (the one aided by insane trickle down tax lunacy).
Next someone will come up with a goofy idea that you shouldn't buy what you can't afford.
I remember during the bad old days of the 2008 gas price insanity, a friend of mine sold his 04 Jetta TDI for 2K more than he owed - and he rolled over about 3K of negative equity into it at purchase. He was pleased.
20% down, I don't think that has been a thing since detached residential housing has been affordable to average income workers in west coast metro areas.
If you buy vehicles that hold their value you are better off. My Nissan Frontier has a private sale value only $4k less than I paid for it 6 years ago. I would sell it if someone offers a small diesel PU truck.