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To: JPJones

“I’ve got one of these VW’s...Leave me alone.”

I agree, they are great cars...hence the drive to eliminate them. But be VERY CAREFUL. All it takes is a VW dealer getting their hands on your car, and they can push a software ‘fix’ that will effectively turn your car into a lemon (and they may not even tell you). Look up DPF - it’s good for 120,000 miles per the original design and costs thousands to replace. But the idea is that it was designed to operate 1% of the time, at most - in order to pass emissions tests - otherwise it’s off (actually, I’m not sure of the above, but I’m sure you get the point).

If it now gets set to operate 100% of the time, you’ll likely be replacing it much more often, and effectively lose the cost advantage of having a TDI.

So be careful!


45 posted on 07/19/2016 5:56:41 PM PDT by BobL (If Trump is DENIED the nomination, Republican Officeholders WILL GO DOWN in flames)
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To: BobL

“So be careful!”

Thanks for the info, I shall.


46 posted on 07/19/2016 6:02:27 PM PDT by JPJones ( You can't help the working class by paying the non-working class.)
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