VW/Audi
This is going to hurt the bottom line a bit! So wonder how the fix will affect their fuel mileage and used car prices? LINK The Environmental Protection Agency and California issued a notice of v...
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wilber1 wrote:brulaz wrote:Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
I had a Jetta TDi but way before any emission garbage. The issue is VW had a program that could somehow detect if the car was in an emission test and then adjust the emission calibration so it would pass the test. Then it would recalibrate to a lower setting that would have caused it to fail the test.
Don
I would really like to know how they did that.
Me to, I'd love one for my truck.
Do you have Diesel emissions testing in BC? Around here in Ontario it's just look for smoke in the exhaust, or so I'm told. But the gassers get the full treatment if you live in an urban area. We don't have to worry about it in rural areas. Imagine in California it's more rigorous.
Me, I don't mind the regs at all, having spent some time in European cities before they started cutting emissions. And after seeing on the TV how bad it can get in Chinese cities.
