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More VW trouble: 2016 diesels have new suspect software
phys.org ^ | October 14, 2015 | By Michael Biesecker And Tom Krisher

Posted on 10/15/2015 2:07:15 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: tacticalogic

“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.


21 posted on 10/15/2015 4:21:15 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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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.

22 posted on 10/15/2015 4:29:49 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

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.


23 posted on 10/15/2015 5:10:41 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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To: tacticalogic

I kinda want to stuff a TDI into an early model Porsche Boxster picked up cheap after IMS bearing failure.


24 posted on 10/15/2015 7:24:35 PM PDT by bluetick
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To: Travis McGee

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.


25 posted on 10/15/2015 9:14:05 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: Redbob

“Not every state tests emissions; in fact,the majority do not.”

Really? Did not know that. Been doing it in Texas for several years.


26 posted on 10/16/2015 3:32:43 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: Red Badger

FUEPA.

Agency delete required.


27 posted on 10/16/2015 3:37:01 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Red Badger
The software at issue makes a pollution-control catalyst heat up faster, improving performance of the device that separates smog-causing nitrogen oxide into harmless nitrogen and oxygen gases.

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.

28 posted on 10/16/2015 3:48:11 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Cen-Tejas

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).


29 posted on 10/16/2015 3:54:16 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: bicyclerepair

Hopefully VW can drag out their investigation, etc, well into the next presidency. And we get a Republican president with some balls.


30 posted on 10/16/2015 3:58:34 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Redbob

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.................


31 posted on 10/16/2015 6:07:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: moovova

Ha!!


32 posted on 10/16/2015 1:02:28 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Obama practices "religion" in the mirror.)
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