VW, what hast thou done?

Onkel Neal · 09-27-15, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Shame. VW was a company with a magnificent reputation up to this point. I would have excepted these kind of shenanigans more from the sagging auto giants of Detroit. Perhaps they'll show up at some point now that this sort of practice has been exposed.

Seems like a dumb thing for VW to do, but in hindsight, I suppose it seemed brilliant in the way that great corporate crimes always are. The best way to rob a bank is to own one; the best way to defeat factory-set emissions controls is to own the factory.

Seems like what VW should have done is include instructions in the owner's manual on how to drive so that the car would maintain the cleanliness that the computer would manage under test conditions.

Torplexed · 09-27-15, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Seems like what VW should have done is include instructions in the owner's manual on how to drive so that the car would maintain the cleanliness that the computer would manage under test conditions.

I was thinking Volkswagen needs to start marketing their software engineering more vigorously. They fooled the world for seven years.

Catfish · 09-27-15, 01:46 PM

^ well the VW CEO successor made quite clear, that " ...we will make sure this will never happen again".

Between his wolfish* smiling teeth you could read "...we will make sure we will never get caught again"

(*VW is produced in Wolfsburg, Germany)

em2nought · 09-27-15, 08:33 PM

VW just needs to sneak a computer virus into all the other manufacturers vehicles that turns them all into belching polluters. They must be smart enough, and vile enough to do it?

bertieck476 · 09-28-15, 11:56 AM

They are not the only ones doing this.

Several years ago I was talking to a friend who is an engineer in a big motor company r&d. I was asking why the emissions were worse on their cars that I could have as my company car than other makes, he straight away replied that they are rigged. This has been going on a long time.

Jimbuna · 09-28-15, 11:56 AM

bertieck476 · 09-28-15, 03:45 PM

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bertieck476 Chief Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 327 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	They are not the only ones doing this. Several years ago I was talking to a friend who is an engineer in a big motor company r&d. I was asking why the emissions were worse on their cars that I could have as my company car than other makes, he straight away replied that they are rigged. This has been going on a long time.