AbsolutEnduser
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if VWs were made in china the offending code monkeys and their immediate manager would have been executed.
wiki it..
if VWs were made in china the offending code monkeys and their immediate manager would have been executed.
There is also a class action lawsuit already.
What for? How have owners been harmed?
What for? How have owners been harmed?
They designed a cheat program for that too. You didn't actually get 48.1 MPG.
If there's a bright side to this, I'll finally have an excuse for an APR tune after the recall restricts the engine.
They designed a cheat program for that too. You didn't actually get 48.1 MPG.
Diesel is MUCH more efficient when you're stuck in traffic a lot, when there is no load on the engine (i.e. you are not moving) it takes far less fuel to keep the engine turning over than a gas engine.48.1 MPG Diesel is energy equivalent to ~42 MPG Gas, which is also called MPGe, so even if VW was not cheating, the energy efficiency of diesel is not as good as people think because diesel has more energy per gallon. :nerd:nerd
Diesel also has more oil and pollution per gallon.
All true, that was probably part of the equation when they decided to put in this cheat, it would have lowered the cost to build.The concern is that the emissions system cannot support full time use.
There are expensive components of the emissions system on the 2.0 that fail around the 100k mark. If they are under increased load, the failure time may be ridiculously short.
That will screw customers pretty well.