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    Volkswagen's Clean Air Act violations on 2009+ TDIs spark huge recall, investigations

    You aren't driving enough at that rate to justify a diesel. Even in my normal commute each day, I still manage to fill up every couple of weeks. When I lived in a different area and was commuting 90 minutes each way, it was once a week. If you want to keep your car happy, you need to get out and...
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    Volkswagen's Clean Air Act violations on 2009+ TDIs spark huge recall, investigations

    About thisvl report - I haven't found a source yet that explains whether this is per year? Over the 7 year time frame? Because of the 500k in the US? Because of the 11 million around the globe? Any insight anyone?
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    Volkswagen's Clean Air Act violations on 2009+ TDIs spark huge recall, investigations

    Well, that is embarrassing, especially since one of the floated fixes was "turning" a 189 into a 288.... Methinks it is beginning to get a little rough in Der Vaterland...
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    Volkswagen's Clean Air Act violations on 2009+ TDIs spark huge recall, investigations

    Someone is going to have to come up with a challenge for post #9,250. Maybe a picture of your TDI, with a recall notice, in front of a flaming dealership. Bonus points for a plunger in the photo!
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    Volkswagen's Clean Air Act violations on 2009+ TDIs spark huge recall, investigations

    Anybody with a WSJ subscription and lax attitudes toward copyright law care to copy and paste for those of us who do not have a subscription?
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    Diesels not worth the time and money now.

    Economic reasons, yes, but some of us just get, well, attached to the little buggers....
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    No Keys

    Don't you want to get your car rekeyed all the way around? I mean, right now some has the ability to get in your car and just drive it off, no muss, no fuss...
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    NHTSA Update on CR HPFP failure investigation

    You, uh, do realize who makes Porsche, uh, right?
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    ALH Golf died

    Ahem...... That's what she said?
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    ***The Driving Game*** - picture scavenger hunt v2

    Question from the Peanut Gallery: What ever happened to DozenSpeed? He hasn't even made a post anywhere since June 11th...
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    Clutch chucking or chattering

    ^^^ Catastrophic failures build character. :D
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    Removing the glow plug harness to check plugs

    I usually turn mine off with a code scanner. If you don't have one handy, for an emissions related issue, it'll take a hundred miles over various driving conditions to reset as it performs necessary tests. Just give it a couple days.
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    TDI is the worst car ever for Cold weather driving

    I second on the good floor mats. Last winter, I replaced my carpet mats with Monster mats from the dealership (with "Jetta" on the side, because I am a tool... :) ). That did wonders for getting rid of the musty smell out of my car and clearing up my windows. I don't run with any blocking -...
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    2014 MK6 Jetta TDI flashing glowplug (Like an electrical limp mode not a turbo issue)

    So you bricked your brand-new car... Congratulations. Next time, give me the 20k.
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    Broken Wiper Stalk?

    My rear wiper doesn't work either! Then again... I don't have one... does this need to be in the JSW forum?
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