Tag: ethics
16 Posts

Feb 16, 2016
Which Catalytic Converter is Broken on Ben's Tacoma?

Oct 28, 2015
It's a Small World After All!
The world’s carmakers, it turns out, have the long-range vision and ethical integrity of a roving band of rabid raccoons and the bad news keeps on rolling. Like American carmakers, and Japanese ones, Volkswagen has important friends in high places.

Sep 22, 2015
The VW Betrayal: Car Talk Interviews Dan Neil
One of our favorite automotive journalists, and favorite writers, Dan Neil from the WSJ gives us his thoughts so far on the VW betrayal.

Sep 22, 2015
I bought a 2015 VW diesel. I also suffer from Asthma. Boy, am I ticked off.
Pass the Ventolin and—oh, one other thing—F*&% You, VW. Car Talk's Senior Web Lackey on VW's massive diesel deceit.
Sep 19, 2015
The Blue Tec Blues
What can you say of the shocking news that Volkswagen devised – and, then, even more embarrassingly, employed – a super-sneaky software hack to make it appear to U.S. government regulators that 482,000 diesel engines it sold here were less polluting than they actually were?

Oct 01, 2009
Should Lisa push her still-under-warranty BMW to the breaking point?
I know this is ethically questionable, so you guys are the only ones I can ask. My BMW is still under warranty -- barely -- for the next 400 or so miles. I was wondering if there is a way, assuming...

May 01, 2008
Is it ever okay for a dealership to "cannibalize" a brand-new car for parts?

Feb 01, 2008
Ethical dilemma alert! Should Libby disclose her car's true mileage?

Aug 01, 2003
I drilled a hole in my neighbor's gas tank, but I MIGHT have fixed it. Do I have to tell them?
A neighbor asked me -- as the neighborhood fix-it guy -- to repair the torn-up carpet in the back of her car In the process of putting some screws with washers around and through the floor of the car I...
