Recall all these cars? And do what to them; get new software so that they don’t lie about their emissions, or does the recall make them perform the way they were supposed to from the beginning (which I think is impossible, otherwise why wouldn’t VW have done the patch much earlier)??
Agent – when you say clean burning gasoline engines, do you mean the cars would use clean-burning gasoline with regular gas engines, or that the engines themselves will be what’s known as lean-burning engines?
What a question Rosenblatt. How about clean burning gasoline with catalytic converters which emit only a fraction of pollution of pre-catalytic converter cars. I doubt seriously that a diesel could ever be as clean as a gasoline engine since the fuel itself is nasty. By the way, you have to change the oil filters and oil much more frequently than gasoline powered vehicles. I know, because I owned one and not again.
I would venture a guess that if they upgraded the software and had the vehicles run “normal” and test “normal” they wouldn’t pass inspection. That said, I’d imagine VW will upgrade the software so the cars operate as they are currently tested (with lower emissions & lower horsepower being produced).
So I should buy a gas engine that burns more gallons of gas to go the same distance, last for 150,000 to 200,000 thousand miles, and then is disposed of it in a landfill? Are these better for the environment than a 45 miles to the gallon diesel that last 500,000 miles? Company ethics aside, I would buy an unmodified VW diesel in a heartbeat. Once recalled and they are “fixed” the mpg will plummet. These are great cars that just do not meet government standards. The mpg on my 2007 Dodge with the diesel particulate filter (to meet government regulations) went into the toilet along with the resale value – but they were safer as the filters would plug up keeping the trucks in the driveways.
My only question is if VW did this software manipulation how may other auto makers have or are doing the same thing?? with Diesel or gas engines
Recall all these cars? And do what to them; get new software so that they don’t lie about their emissions, or does the recall make them perform the way they were supposed to from the beginning (which I think is impossible, otherwise why wouldn’t VW have done the patch much earlier)??
reality, perhaps they should remove all the diesel engines and replace with clean burning gasoline engines.
Agent – when you say clean burning gasoline engines, do you mean the cars would use clean-burning gasoline with regular gas engines, or that the engines themselves will be what’s known as lean-burning engines?
What a question Rosenblatt. How about clean burning gasoline with catalytic converters which emit only a fraction of pollution of pre-catalytic converter cars. I doubt seriously that a diesel could ever be as clean as a gasoline engine since the fuel itself is nasty. By the way, you have to change the oil filters and oil much more frequently than gasoline powered vehicles. I know, because I owned one and not again.
Thank you for your answer, Agent.
I would venture a guess that if they upgraded the software and had the vehicles run “normal” and test “normal” they wouldn’t pass inspection. That said, I’d imagine VW will upgrade the software so the cars operate as they are currently tested (with lower emissions & lower horsepower being produced).
Yes, Reality, then another round of lawsuits when performance & gas mileage is negatively impacted from the software fix. This may never end for VW.
should? perhaps. will? highly unlikely…
So I should buy a gas engine that burns more gallons of gas to go the same distance, last for 150,000 to 200,000 thousand miles, and then is disposed of it in a landfill? Are these better for the environment than a 45 miles to the gallon diesel that last 500,000 miles? Company ethics aside, I would buy an unmodified VW diesel in a heartbeat. Once recalled and they are “fixed” the mpg will plummet. These are great cars that just do not meet government standards. The mpg on my 2007 Dodge with the diesel particulate filter (to meet government regulations) went into the toilet along with the resale value – but they were safer as the filters would plug up keeping the trucks in the driveways.