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Head-on: ’09 vs. ’59

By tom.altman ⋅ December 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In 1988 was was involved in a head-on car crash.  It was a bad deal, I was driving a 1982 VW Rabbit and it held up pretty well. I was lucky, VW’s are a solid car.  It crumpled where it should and held up where I was sitting. Anyway – I saw this video a [...]

200 mpg from a VW in 2010

By tom.altman ⋅ May 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Image by SeanBalsiger via Flickr This has to be the 10th time I’ve had to say awesome for VW – but I really hope this isn’t one of those times when I have to say…but the VW said no.  (VW Will Sell a 200 MPG Car in 2010) So you’re excited about the 2010 Prius, [...]

38 MPG in a minivan, factory VW minivan.

By tom.altman ⋅ May 5, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Image via Wikipedia You know I love my volkswagens.  And I really do not like minivan.  But I may be convinced to get one of these seriously ugly vehicles.  The little grocery getter hauls 7 and gets upper 30′s for MPG.  Now I know it’s using a diesel, but seriously…can someone in Detroit at one [...]

VW one-ups Lexus

By tom.altman ⋅ April 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Image by Alessio.zz via Flickr I have posted about my love of Volkswagens before – but I had to spread the love here. Sure – you can buy a Lexus and have push button parking…but why not buy a Dub and park remotely. The automatic parking system from Lexus is pretty impressive already, but Volkswagen [...]

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