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VW Diesel "Scandal"
This VW Diesel Exhaust Emissions supposed "Scandal" is a fargin' joke.
I for one hope (but know it won't) VW gives the US EPA the big EFF-YOO ! Quite frankly, I don't agree with having ANY environmental/emission regulations on non-commercial vehicles under 10,000 lbs. Should be ZERO regs regarding this. If an individual wants to save their own little piece of the environment, so be it. If one conversely makes the INDIVIDUAL CHOICE to RUIN a little piece, that should be a LEGITIMATE LEGAL choice as well. Regulate large power plants and factories along with COMMERCIAL vehicles over 10K lbs ONLY. I agree with virtually ZERO of the gov't forced safety mandates on automobiles as well. I can agree with forcing a lot of it to be available as OPTIONAL equipment to be purchased at consumer discretion, but NOT mandatory inclusion. Drives the vehicle cost WAY too high. About the only safety devices that should be standard are seat belts for all seats (of which the use should ALWAYS be an OPTIONAL personal choice) and a single airbag for the front driver and passenger. All other devices/controls should be purchaser discretion.
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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!! Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't ! Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY. ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC ! |
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I had a Jetta Turbo diesel I finally sold at 485,000 miles on the odometer.
The odometer hadn't worked in 2 or 3 years so I don't know how many miles it had on it. I only got rid of it 'cause it was soooo rusted out after 18 Michigan winters. I ran mine on home heating oil (no road tax ) Obviously I really didn't care about what came out the tail pipe. Except when someone tail gated me. I could step on it, the turbo would wind up and all kinds of nasty black stuff chased the tail gater away. And get 50 mpg doing it! I really miss that car.
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No one ever inspected your tank for the red dye? I know in Illinois once had an Ag dept inspector come by to make sue I was not diverting heating oil to run a vehicle, and occasionally in the rural areas the highway patrol would shine a light down t tanks of diesel vehicles to look for it to. big-as fines f you wee caught. |
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In Michigan, non-commercial vehicles are NOT subject to DOT inspection, EVER.
Hence, they CANNOT legally check your fuel to make sure it is non-dyed. Only COMMERCIAL vehicles here are subject to those checks. They could ask to check but u can refuse.
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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!! Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't ! Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY. ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC ! |
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This could have a huge impact on the car business. VW could get hit really hard. And I imagine several other car makers have some engineers holding a tight @$$, wondering whether anybody's gonna figure out their cheats Doug .
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EPA standards are silly on small diesel engines, which are among the most fuel efficient on the planet.
The effort to make diesel cleaner misses two points. Most diesel is used on commercial trucks, trains, ships and barges. VW's are literally trivial. This is a shake down for fines. The regulations are made up rules to try to force manufacturers into unhelpful and counterproductive engineering efforts. Yes I know VW did this on purpose, but based on the former GM CEO comments they couldn't match VW's released products in diesel, so VW got a major market advantage for realizing the standards were literally impossible to meet while still maintaining the platform advantages. Jerry Last edited by Jerry Irvine : 10-02-2015 at 07:09 AM. |
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Uhh... They used to say diesel was only about 10% as polluting as a gasoline engine.So why is this a big deal?
Let alone they all do this. I used to work for Caterpillar and they had drivers that knew how to get a lower emission test. _________________________________________________ |
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It is largely about sulfur in diesel being targeted by EPA for reduction. The biggest and most practical change was reformulating diesel at the refinery level. All the vehicle based mandates are because EPA can, not because there is a cost benefit tradeoff. cites: http://www3.epa.gov/airtoxics/orig189.html http://publicaccess.supportportal.c...rity-Pollutants http://www.enviroprolabs.com/epa-pr...pollutant-list/ Last edited by Jerry Irvine : 10-02-2015 at 08:54 AM. |
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http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/1...-lack-of-budget http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/09/us/co...ne-river-spill/ From the EPA itself: http://www2.epa.gov/goldkingmine |
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