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Re: What Would It Take for YOU to buy a diesel car?
To play devil's advocate, calling out VW for cheating on emissions, CARB has also been caught manufacturing statistics to support their proposals. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/tran-222324-board… (View Post)3 -
Re: What Would It Take for YOU to buy a diesel car?
I would say it is different. Every real world collision is going to be different and a suite of standardized crash tests can't possibly cover every scenario a vehicle might encounter. There have been… (View Post)1 -
Re: What Would It Take for YOU to buy a diesel car?
Just catching up on a few days of comments and had a couple items to add. While VW might not design, test and certify all their vehicles to run more than B5 in many markets, Ford, GM, and FCA offer B… (View Post)1 -
Re: Transmission Makes Abrupt Upshifts - 2015 Acura TLX SH-AWD Long-Term Road Test
I can understand the concern and the consumers who are saying 9-speeds is way too much and there are limits to what you can package into a conventional design but the same claim has been stated when … (View Post)1 -
Re: Transmission Makes Abrupt Upshifts - 2015 Acura TLX SH-AWD Long-Term Road Test
As someone who has rebuilt transmission, been wrenching for many years, and familiar with the OEM development cycle I would *never* run an aftermarket additive in a modern automatic transmission. Whi… (View Post)1