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Archive for December, 2006

Volkswagen Polo (AutoExpress)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Due to reach showrooms in mid-2007, the environmentally friendly supermini emits only 102g/km of CO2 - which is 2g/km less than the Toyota Prius. It's the first of a wave of 'clean' models VW intends to launch over the next decade.

Volkswagen Polo (AutoExpress)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Due to reach showrooms in mid-2007, the environmentally friendly supermini emits only 102g/km of CO2 - which is 2g/km less than the Toyota Prius. It's the first of a wave of 'clean' models VW intends to launch over the next decade.

Hippie-mobiles are “in”: The Verdier VW Solar Power (AutoSpies.com)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Not sure if you’ve seen this before but we found it "totally out of site”. Well, apart from the music that is, as it has as many similarities to John Lennon as a Teletubbies show has to Snoop Dogg. The virtual model seen here was created by a Canadian company called “Verdier”.

Satellite Radio May Try a Merger (New York Times)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
If XM and Sirius merged, the new company could reduce programming costs by pruning redundant channels and redundant employees.

2005 Volkswagen Jetta from North America (Carsurvey.org)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
What things have gone wrong with the car? 1. It creates a tapping noise from the fuel line. According to the service department of the dealer where I got the car, it is the vacuuming process to get the air out of the tank. But I'm not satisfied with this answer.

2005 Volkswagen Jetta from North America (Carsurvey.org)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
What things have gone wrong with the car? 1. It creates a tapping noise from the fuel line. According to the service department of the dealer where I got the car, it is the vacuuming process to get the air out of the tank. But I'm not satisfied with this answer.

2002 Volkswagen Jetta GLS from North America (Carsurvey.org)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
What things have gone wrong with the car? Front passenger side window wouldn't come up. Front passenger side vent broke. Something wrong with automatic transmission--car periodically jerks when shifting between first and second gears. Rain leaks onto floor on front passenger side.

VW gives diesels a new start (Eagle-Tribune Online)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Effective tomorrow, the first day of 2007, newly formulated, low-sulfur diesel fuel becomes the standard across the United States. We're told the new fuel will pollute less.

A memorable year in movies (The Buffalo News)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
The line is delivered near the end of "A Prairie Home Companion" - Robert Altman and Garrison Keillor's fantasy about the final broadcast of Garrison Keillor's radio show.

Electrical problems in an old car (Boston Globe)

Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Q. I have a 1995 Ford Taurus with a 3.0-liter engine. The engine pulses at idle. It seems to almost stall, then goes back to normal. This happens every few seconds. While I'm using the gas or driving, it doesn't happen, but when I slow down for stop signs the lights will dim, come back up, dim, come back up, ...

 
 

 


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