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25-10-2015, 08:41 PM | #181 | ||
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25-10-2015, 10:38 PM | #182 | ||
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25-10-2015, 10:50 PM | #183 | ||
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funny that...
our 2005 RWD TS Terri gets 10.5 on the highway...with a/c ... at100kph...and on level running in town ??? dont ask! up hills, even little ones??? see above however....not complaining ,just accepted it
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25-10-2015, 11:48 PM | #184 | |||
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Governments set the rules for emissions and if you can't comply don't sell cars in that market. |
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09-01-2016, 01:20 PM | #187 | ||
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Hopefully this whole debacle leads to better real world testing standards.
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09-01-2016, 02:29 PM | #188 | ||
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I wont be at all surprised if the government fine VW in the billions. I will also chuckle at the hypocrisy given some US auto makers have killed people with defective cars and received comparatively trivial fines.
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23-04-2016, 11:07 AM | #189 | ||
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Thread bump. We have a solution for US motorists: BUYBACK:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswag...dal-1461252731 Summary can be found here (along with implications for macro US used car market): http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-0...-us-car-market salient points: Specifically, Volkswagen has pledged to give drivers of about 480,000 2-liter diesel vehicles the option of selling the cars back to Volkswagen, or having them modified to meet emissions standards, the judge said. Those with a lease can cancel it and return the vehicle to Volkswagen. Consumers also will get “substantial compensation” on top of that, according to Judge Charles Breyer, overseeing the lawsuit against the German car-maker, who has pressured Volkswagen since February to produce a fix for the cars. He made it clear last month that if no solution was offered by this week, he would consider a request by the plaintiffs to set a summer trial..." That's a lot of cars. I wonder if VW Australia would do anything like this if not prodded by threat of trial?
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They are US Companies though. That will be where the difference will be. Better than a new unpopular Tax, fine an OS Company. More $ to spend. |
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