Posted on 09/22/2015 2:20:54 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
EFI Live does it for diesels. Not sure if they have for VW. Yet.
. . .after which, an aftermarket chip for the car, with the higher performance, and a toggle to drop it back into “emissions” mode. . .
if i had a vw, i would ignore the whole issue
BINGO!
If it’s in good shape and has a clean Carfax, I’d probably be willing to give him $500 for it so he won’t have to worry about it. Since diesel tends to cost a good bit more than gasoline, perhaps I could get an adapter kit and swap out the engine.
Keep an eye on prices. My money says the whole brand gets tarnished (Lord knows the stock was down 18% yesterday)— the diesels are the only product line at fault— and that creates a buying opportunity for consumers. VW will ramp up sales of non-diesel product to compensate.
It’s always sorta been that way. All the EPA is doing is making sure everyone knows about reprogramming mods and giving the guys who do it a ton of work.
Prediction: VW will be compelled by the EPA to recall the diesels for a software “update” that screws up the mileage, the hacker community starts to get some more interest in software mods for vehicles and word starts getting out that it is trivial to get improved performance and control over your vehicle by turning off NHTSA and EPA mandated software controls.
Except the performance is high, and you know it is clean because it passes the smog checks.
Except you might not be able to sell or trade in the vehicle.
Actually, this is the way the regulation is written-- the car must meet the emissions standards "during the test."
It doesn't specify before or afterwards.
drive it till it dies and don’t worry about selling it
One thing I am curious about is if a law or rule was actually broken. Is there something that prohibits a vehicle from changing it’s operating parameters or is the EPA just pissed that VW found a clever way to give them the finger?
No, exhaust MASS OUTPUT of certain gas species is measured. Even the certain gas species in the test site ambient air are measured so dilution with ambient air is accounted for.
Workers at the VW plant in Tennessee just turned down the UAW-- this is the payback.
There are way better tunes out there than the factory tunes for these cars. Malone, Rocketchip and Kerma come to mind.
They will let you delete unwanted parts.
Maybe a new GTI is in my future!
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