Posted on 10/15/2015 2:07:15 PM PDT by Red Badger
“Could you transplant the engines into an older model that had more lenient emission regs?”
Even easier, buy a beat-up same-year gas car and put the diesel in that. But no promises regarding parts, if the engines are actually disposed of.
If they're cheap enough, you could buy a couple of them and have one for parts.
Agree...but they won’t allow it. They’ll have them destroyed in some way, as with Cash for Clunkers. But even after that, if the engine is still around, it will cost nothing and still have lots and lots of good parts.
I kinda want to stuff a TDI into an early model Porsche Boxster picked up cheap after IMS bearing failure.
my son bought a Passat. Since he is in the car a lot he just loves the car. I think he gets about 600 miles per tank.
I’m waiting on the diesel Tundras to come out. Dealer told me last week that they would be at dealers in the coming December-January timeframe.
“Not every state tests emissions; in fact,the majority do not.”
Really? Did not know that. Been doing it in Texas for several years.
FUEPA.
Agency delete required.
Cars have had systems like this (e.g. secondary air injection) for years, specifically to get the catalytic converter to heat up quickly. How in the world can this be considered a "cheat", unless the EPA deliberately requires that testing is to be done on cars that haven't reached operating temperatures.
My son is getting close to 600 miles to a tank in his Mazda 3 (gas). And I am getting 500 miles to a tank in my new BMW (gas).
Hopefully VW can drag out their investigation, etc, well into the next presidency. And we get a Republican president with some balls.
IIRC, if the number of vehicles that are in non-compliance is under a certain cap, then no recall is required, that is the reason for the suspension of sales.................
Ha!!
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