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22nd September 2015, 13:38 #1
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V Double trouble
What do you guys think about this VW thing going on , with them designing the computer to go into different settings when emissions tested ?
The main reason seems to simply be that the cost of getting the same emissions standard full time would make the cars too expensive .
I think this is about to become a waaaaaaaaay bigger story .
I don't think VW are going to want to go down alone .
And , by that I mean that the others do pretty similar things , I'll bet .
A friend of mine gave me an old Toyota last year , and it needed a catalytic converter .
It was a "California emissions" standard car , and so , I ordered the nasty expensive one , with the extra pipe that feeds into the back end of it .
It would have just been a bigger bill at a garage , but , as I was doing the mechanic work , I was in on the fact that the extra pipe was to be connected directly to the breather box , just before the carb .
So , "California emissions" , on that car , a 1984 Toy Corolla , meant that fresh air was piped into the exhaust system to drop the ppm counts in the exhaust , by design .
It all seems to be about what you can get away with .
And , these are crimes against our planet , essentially .
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