Every year, Kansas City gets its share of winter. Snowstorms, freezing rain, icy roads—you name it. Some years are better than others. Then there are some years we would rather forget about winter. Regardless, we are faced with roads that have been salted over again and again. Potholes will appear on our streets and highways…
Traveling with children can be as easy as making sure they are comfortable. Part of that comes from a simple need they have – to avoid hunger and/or motion sickness. For example, when driving across Kansas for miles on end, there may not be any opportunities to stop to get something to keep them from…
A dead or weak car battery can happen to anyone. Perhaps a map light was left on, or you sat parked longer than planned with the air conditioning on but the engine off. Cars sometimes develop their own internal electricity drain, which a mechanic must find, or maybe the car hasn’t driven for a few…
Nearly all used car shoppers strive for a vehicle as close to new as possible. This can be measured in miles, condition, or assurance. Certified Pre-owned vehicles are one step toward this like-new designation. But within the CPO inventory, one or more cars may even come closer to “new.” These vehicles never had another owner…
In 2003, Volkswagen released its Direct-Shift Gearbox (DSG), which has slowly but surely been phasing out customers’ want for the manual transmission. And now, VW has officially announced that the 2024 GTI and Golf R will be the last chance for buyers to choose the old-school manual transmission. Engine The Mk8 2024 Volkswagen Golf GTI…
If you scan the Bud Brown Volkswagen lot you will find 2023 and 2024 Atlas Cross Sports parked together. You may not detect much difference between them, but a closer look reveals quite extensive changes for the 2024 model. These changes received enthusiastic approval from The Detroit Bureau’s Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Paul A. Eisenstein. After…
As Volkswagen’s compact crossover, the Tiguan is not only in the most popular vehicle class in the country, but as anyone in the Bud Brown VW sales force can tell you, it is also a class heavily favored by young families. These vehicles are popular for young couples before and soon after they find themselves…
If you can just walk into Bud Brown Volkswagen and write a check for the full amount of a new car, good for you! You can stop reading. The rest of us have to figure out how to pay for our rides over time. Purchasing through financing is often the default line of thinking. But…
Many of the Volkswagen models in the Bud Brown Volkswagen inventory feature wireless Apple CarPlay®. If you are an iPhone user, you are already familiar with the appearance of your favorite application app icons and the behavior of the apps themselves. The purpose of Apple CarPlay® is to essentially let the infotainment screen of your…
Fingerprints On Your Volkswagen Touch Screen Keeping your car clean can sometimes feel like a part-time job, especially if you have kids. The occasional vacuuming and wipe-down are usually enough to keep it in decent condition, but we often hear people asking us how they should clean the touch screen in their car.
