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very nice
Post #404,809
by
boxley
9/22/15 9:58:45 PM
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very nice
you can kill people for America at age 18 but need to be 21 to buy a beer
VW post 2008 diesels had "defeat device" software to avoid emissions scrutiny.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (56)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 01:17:45 PM EDT
how would the software know
- (
lincoln
)
- (4)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 02:43:25 PM EDT
It's plugged in
- (
drook
)
- (2)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 02:53:05 PM EDT
Found another article.
- (
static
)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 10:51:33 PM EDT
Re: It's plugged in
- (
lincoln
)
- Sept. 19, 2015, 01:50:29 PM EDT
Re: how would the software know
- (
hnick
)
- Sept. 19, 2015, 02:10:06 PM EDT
Wonder who ratted that one out...
- (
scoenye
)
- (2)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 09:50:32 PM EDT
Ouch. Seems the CARB had it figured out.
- (
Another Scott
)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 10:03:12 PM EDT
I heard a similar story even further back.
- (
static
)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 10:55:34 PM EDT
Reuters: VW could face $18B in fines.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (3)
- Sept. 18, 2015, 09:58:55 PM EDT
Are diesels even a good idea?
- (
drook
)
- (2)
- Sept. 19, 2015, 09:54:22 AM EDT
Rolling back
- (
scoenye
)
- Sept. 19, 2015, 10:26:23 AM EDT
TANSTAAFL.
- (
Another Scott
)
- Sept. 19, 2015, 10:32:48 AM EDT
years ago in alaska diesels were exempt from emissions testing
- (
boxley
)
- Sept. 20, 2015, 05:24:46 PM EDT
It's all OK now. The CEO said he's sorry!
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- (20)
- Sept. 21, 2015, 09:25:21 AM EDT
As I read it, the $37,500 is per day of non-compliance, not per car.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (2)
- Sept. 21, 2015, 10:30:05 AM EDT
Of course, the stories explicitly say per car, so ... :-/
- (
Another Scott
)
- (1)
- Sept. 21, 2015, 11:52:57 AM EDT
Yah, what he said! :)
-NT
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- Sept. 21, 2015, 04:21:49 PM EDT
I think it's absurd to imagine that such a plan could possibly be implemented
- (
Ashton
)
- (15)
- Sept. 21, 2015, 04:41:59 PM EDT
is it?
- (
boxley
)
- (14)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 09:16:00 AM EDT
And is your "retired petro chemist" a Tea Party member?
- (
lincoln
)
- (5)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 01:56:42 PM EDT
no, catholic liberal
-NT
- (
boxley
)
- (4)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 02:49:28 PM EDT
I've never met a liberal
- (
lincoln
)
- (3)
- Sept. 25, 2015, 02:44:28 PM EDT
your loss
-NT
- (
boxley
)
- Sept. 25, 2015, 03:19:19 PM EDT
You claim to be a "liberal" and yet support a Nixon created entity?
-NT
- (
mmoffitt
)
- (1)
- Sept. 28, 2015, 08:17:22 AM EDT
Hey, even crooks can do something good
- (
lincoln
)
- Sept. 28, 2015, 10:43:12 AM EDT
Doesn't smell right.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (7)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 04:51:05 PM EDT
dunno about smell but sulpher burns hot, take it out harder to burn
-NT
- (
boxley
)
- (6)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 06:21:47 PM EDT
Not the way it works.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (5)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 06:37:11 PM EDT
kinda makes my point, regulators make the cars run like crap, what the retired guy said
-NT
- (
boxley
)
- (4)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 07:11:57 PM EDT
Um, modern diesels are great compared to, say, a 1980 Rabbit diesel.
- (
Another Scott
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 07:23:00 PM EDT
Burning point is no criterion for use in a Diesel engine
- (
scoenye
)
- (2)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 09:09:52 PM EDT
Neat stuff. Thanks.
-NT
- (
Another Scott
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 09:32:52 PM EDT
very nice
-NT
- (
boxley
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 09:58:45 PM EDT
The CEO is really sorry now!
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- Sept. 23, 2015, 11:07:07 AM EDT
The problem is world wide -- 11 M vehicles.
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 09:25:44 AM EDT
I'm convinced there's a joke in there ...
- (
mmoffitt
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 09:51:26 AM EDT
Here's how they caught them
- (
malraux
)
- (4)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 02:11:40 PM EDT
Good find!
-NT
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 03:53:22 PM EDT
What I cannot parse at all, though..
- (
Ashton
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 04:35:36 PM EDT
Interesting reason
- (
scoenye
)
- Sept. 22, 2015, 08:41:59 PM EDT
Maybe the EPA will update their tests, too.
- (
static
)
- Sept. 23, 2015, 01:57:57 AM EDT
What I was thinking, in more detail
- (
drook
)
- (1)
- Sept. 25, 2015, 01:24:57 PM EDT
one piece has been around a few years
- (
boxley
)
- Sept. 25, 2015, 02:09:59 PM EDT
We're gonna need a bigger probe
- (
scoenye
)
- (1)
- Sept. 28, 2015, 09:53:58 PM EDT
Interesting. Thanks.
-NT
- (
Another Scott
)
- Sept. 29, 2015, 12:47:30 AM EDT
Four more carmakers join emissions rigging list
- (
lincoln
)
- (5)
- Oct. 12, 2015, 10:31:08 AM EDT
Not the same thing
- (
malraux
)
- (4)
- Oct. 12, 2015, 12:04:36 PM EDT
Should it?
- (
drook
)
- (3)
- Oct. 12, 2015, 01:25:32 PM EDT
Point being:
- (
malraux
)
- (2)
- Oct. 12, 2015, 02:26:45 PM EDT
Your first two paragraphs, 100% agree, it's the third I question
- (
drook
)
- (1)
- Oct. 12, 2015, 02:39:22 PM EDT
From what I remember, the test is that bad.
- (
malraux
)
- Oct. 12, 2015, 02:51:39 PM EDT
There, fixed.
- (
scoenye
)
- (4)
- Oct. 28, 2015, 06:07:52 PM EDT
Interesting.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (2)
- Oct. 28, 2015, 09:54:34 PM EDT
The test was going to change in 2017
- (
scoenye
)
- (1)
- Oct. 28, 2015, 10:44:17 PM EDT
Ah. Thanks.
-NT
- (
Another Scott
)
- Oct. 28, 2015, 11:40:36 PM EDT
BBC has you covered.
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- Oct. 29, 2015, 12:14:18 AM EDT
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