Comments on: Oh Volkswagen, How Could You??? https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/car-sales/oh-volkswagen-how-could-you/ News and views about cars in Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Darren https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/car-sales/oh-volkswagen-how-could-you/#comment-4952 Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:40:04 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=6195#comment-4952 Pretty much sums up my sentiments exactly, as the owner of a 2007 Golf TDI with 339,000km on the clock (and still running strongly). The only thing that would stop me, funds permitting, from upgrading to another TDI is that they are no longer sold here with a manual transmission.

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By: Kenneth Smith https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/car-sales/oh-volkswagen-how-could-you/#comment-4950 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 05:04:09 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=6195#comment-4950 All internal combustion engines pollute to some degree, but proportionally these VW Diesel cars , but as Lord Bamford, Chairman of JCB, remarked, poluution is by and large proportional to fuel consumption, and these 1.6 and 2 Ltr VW diesel engines are very economical, and unload far less pollutants than the large diesels fitted trucks, buses and heavy plany per litre of fuel burnt, and they are not about to outlaw these engines.

Perhaps one should look at the new regulations that were introduced without reference to industry, setting emission levels that could not be economically achieved with the technology of the time. VW’s solution merely being a creative way in complying with an unreasonable limit that was arbitrarily set by the American EPA. So VW is forced at great expense to modify non complying diesel engines so they meet the test emissions standards. Since the test is artificial and does not reflect actual usage, should the modified engines pass the test at the cost or poorer fuel consumption abd poorer performance, will the environment really benefit, will there be any winners, oe will everyone be a loser.

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By: Wal Pywell https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/car-sales/oh-volkswagen-how-could-you/#comment-4949 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 03:25:27 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=6195#comment-4949 So they cheated… but what is the effect on those cars?
If the “fix” was left in place (in other words, if the cars met the emission standards all the time) do the cars have less or more power? do they have better or worse economy? is the drivability affected in any way?
Can you provide any guidance on that issue?

PS I have a Skoda Octavia diesel and am very pleased with it.

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By: Simon McCoy https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/car-sales/oh-volkswagen-how-could-you/#comment-4947 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:41:40 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=6195#comment-4947 Hi Megan,

Please note, the noun for the verb “cheat” is also “cheat”, not “cheater”

That being the case, the correct saying is “cheats never prosper”, not “cheaters never prosper”.

Megan’s Reply:

You are quite right and I applaud you. Serves me right for quoting a primary school playground taunt verbatim!

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