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VW Emissions Scandal - The Effects
Chris92:
Does anyone think this will be the death of vag :scared:
But really tho why on earth do it in the first place! So daft it's untrue for a car maker like vw. There was some really good cars on the horizon :sad1:
All this bull about emission being the main reason for global warming I just don't believe, they have only been recording the earths temps for something like 100 years or maybes more but anyways that is sooooooo little in terms of time when you think how old the earth is, it could of been getting warmer steadily for a very very long time.
All these tossers saying global warming this and that and putting all these laws etc in place, surely they should be making sure things we buy last way longer than they do. Think about it what do you buy these days that's built to last? Not very much at all! Renault clio is a disposable car literally pure junk. All this manufacturing will have just as much impact on the planet if not more than car emissions. Another thing do they think all this emission crap for cars such as PDF etc just grow on tree? More pointless manufacturing puffing out smog.
AJP:
--- Quote from: Chris92 on September 24, 2015, 07:14:55 pm ---Does anyone think this will be the death of vag :scared:
But really tho why on earth do it in the first place! So daft it's untrue for a car maker like vw. There was some really good cars on the horizon :sad1:
All this bull about emission being the main reason for global warming I just don't believe, they have only been recording the earths temps for something like 100 years or maybes more but anyways that is sooooooo little in terms of time when you think how old the earth is, it could of been getting warmer steadily for a very very long time.
All these tossers saying global warming this and that and putting all these laws etc in place, surely they should be making sure things we buy last way longer than they do. Think about it what do you buy these days that's built to last? Not very much at all! Renault clio is a disposable car literally pure junk. All this manufacturing will have just as much impact on the planet if not more than car emissions. Another thing do they think all this emission crap for cars such as PDF etc just grow on tree? More pointless manufacturing puffing out smog.
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They did it to stay competitive. Low emissions are a big selling point - not in the slightest to the likes of me and you on a GTI forum - but think about fleets, and those wanting to pay smaller road tax charges.
Theoretically these dervs just wouldn't sell at all if they were burdened with road tax that reflected their true emission output. So they fudged the software to take care of that.
It won't be the end of VW, but I do wonder what the next ten years will look like. They're going to have to claw these huge costs back somehow.
Like I said in my original post, as long as they don't go all nazi in refusing (my rusty arch) warranty claims, I don't mind! But it'd be a real shame to see the showcase stuff like the R400 canned.
xjay1337:
CO2 (what we are taxed on) are not NOX emissions
Completely separate issues.
AJP:
--- Quote from: xjay1337 on September 25, 2015, 04:22:05 pm ---CO2 (what we are taxed on) are not NOX emissions
Completely separate issues.
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Yeah, true. But they were at it in Europe too, so what were they hiding over here??
xjay1337:
There's no evidence so we do not know what they are "up to".
Only that their cars may be more emissions-rich than they are in tests under real world driving.
Which is the same for ALL cars.
:stupid:
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