VW. Did they REALLY cheat the test?

[mistermack]

They are blaming it on a "small group of people" - BULLSHIT! A handful will carry the blame but be well rewarded for their silence. As it is with Murdoch, so it is with VW.

Big Business: Doing anything it can get away with since 1378.

Is 1378 a really important date or did you just drag a number outta your arse?

Halley's Comet ??

[mistermack]

You have to be stupid if you think that you can get away with this sort of scam on a large scale. Why would they have done it? Why not simply design the engines to properly comply with the regulations? This is VW of Germany, for heaven's sake. I just don't get it.

The thing is that people don't buy cars on their emissions performance.
The figures that interest buyers are horsepower, torque and fuel economy.
I just so happens that when you tune the engine for best economy etc, you get worse emissions.
So what they did was try to maximise the important stuff, and at the same time get emissions low enough, under test conditions.

There's big money in eking out a few extra miles per gallon. Fleet buyers will base their decisions on it.

Of course, more mpg is better for the environment too, but you still have to get the car through the emissions test.

[Hermit]

[JimC]

I fail emission control tests every time I eat curry...

[laklak]

I just had a curry, and can testify.

[Svartalf]

I fail emission control tests every time I eat curry...

Did Bron make you stop eating curry?
me, I love chili, and it makes me fart like a ruminant animal, but I live alone and it doesn't bother me.

[mistermack]

I fail emission control tests every time I eat curry...

We'll have to get you fitted with a cat.

[rainbow]

I fail emission control tests every time I eat curry...

We'll have to get you fitted with a cat.

[laklak]

Yeah, a catashitic converter should do the trick.