http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks Drivers screwed. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:52:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VWoA ( media.vw.com ) reports US sales for 2009 were 213,454 vehicles. 2008 sales were 223,128. This is a net loss in sales for VWoA. 213,454 vehicles sold in the US market makes VW A niche seller. If not for the " Cash For Clunkers " program this number would be ... http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2010/01/06/vwoa-2009-sales/ A week old, but still interesting. Porsche's attempts to achieve majority stake in VW fell short this last year due to the global economic downturn. Instead of Porsche taking over VW, it looks like they've decided to... merge. CNN article http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2009/05/14/volkswagen-and-porsche-together-in-the-end/ Come on... at least the looks don't suck. ;) http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/09/18/the-new-vw-scirocco-on-fifth-gear/ From Motor Trend. The last paragraph is particularly interesting: While Porsche may now own Volkswagen, the saga is likely far from over. So long as Lower Saxony retains the power to stop changes at Volkswagen, they can effectively nullify Porsche's actions. Acquiring a majority stake, though, makes it clear that Porsche is ... http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/09/16/porsche-takes-over-volkswagen-or-not/ No, I'm not talking about the upcoming election. I've spent the summer annoyed with spammers, so finally my previous threat has proven true. Welcome to WordPress. I've moved all posts and comments over, and no one should have any trouble logging in with their username and password. I've ... http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/09/08/time-for-a-change-2008/ I'm thinking of porting this site over to using WordPress as this code is looking pretty old and the spammers are getting annoying. I won't do anything until I can safely port over all valid users (those who have actual posts that weren't spam) and the posts over. http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/07/18/well-that-was-fun/ The fact of the matter is; No American should be buying a non American car. Times are tough. Americans should be rallying behind American car makers. No American should be buying a car from a manufacturer that basically say's; "Fuck American car buyers. they are stupid enough to ... http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/06/30/buy-american/ Does anyone think that the new VW commercials sound like Zha Zha Gabors husband doing a voice over? http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/06/26/while-we-are-at-it/ I think that perhaps someone is trying to bury this site. When you try and send an e-mail to paultekeda it comes back as "Not Found". This at the same time that someone is posting pornography on the site. Interesting. http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/06/26/interesting/ I own a 2002 cabrio which i am still making payments on. I have spent nearly $2000 on various mechanical failures in the last year alone, that should not be occuring with only 85,000 miles. I am contemplating getting soemthing different, but am only 10 months from paying the thing ... http://www.grumblemutterspit.org/vwsucks/2008/06/26/what/