DEF is used for NOx conversion on the SCR, not burning off particulate matter on the DPF. Please try again with an actual intelligent comment.

You’re not going to find a “crate motor” diesel engine for sale these days that doesn’t need to regen the DPF. Pretty much all on-road and off-road diesels certified these days require a DPF (and SCR).

Well, part of the requirements for a recall is a sticker that indicates the vehicle has been properly repaired. I guess if they could get the agencies to sign off on it, the could make it look like a bandaid.

I’m curious as to what the other two undisclosed AECDs were. Has that been discussed anywhere?

Please test your proposal yourself by finding one of the clean diesels from a VW competitor and verify this is feasible.

When the people reporting the news on this story don’t fully understand the engineering behind the issue, I can only imagine the made-up fantasy engineering explanations for this in the minds of people who write notes like the one above.

And yet Marquez goes down when Vale bumps him with his knee.

3rd: Part of the remedial plan they have to submit to the agencies includes a plan for how they will identify the owners of the affected vehicles, so this is a pretty good plan to help assist that. I imagine they still will end up paying a third party though to dig through vehicle registration databases to complete…

To shoehorn their 4.2L V8 into the A4 chassis to make the B6/B7 S4, Audi changed from a timing belt on the front of the engine to a timing chain on the rear. Unfortunately the plastic chain guides have a tendency to crack, throwing off timing and necessitating engine removal to repair. German engineering at its best!

Came here for this.

Paint it white and black and it could be a Stormtrooper.

Completely concur on the torque steer. Test drovw drove one coming from the AWD goodness that is an S4 and just about oncoming traffic when I floored the MS3 and it turned for me.

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So. Much. Overhang.

Even in America we have California enacting stricter laws than the EPA on a lot of things. Though rare to see, some vehicles/engines can get certified for “49 State”, meaning they aren’t legal for sale in California and a few other states that have opted into California’s stricter regs.

Do you miss the classic look of the two big gauges (speedo and tach) front and center? There’s something about watching a physical needle sweep across the gauge that I think I would miss with the Virtual Cockpit.

I know you are allowed to build once you submit your application to the agencies and while they are going over it, so long as you request to do so when you submit. But I’m not sure what would happen to those vehicles if you ultimately end up withdrawing that application.

Yeah, he should have raced harder like Marquez. Maybe throw his helmet into the knee of another rider or something. But he didn’t, which is why he crashed out in qualifying, even though he was doomed to start at the back of the grid regardless of where he qualified.

This way you can commute to town with your wife, then each go your separate ways once you get there.

These are far from the inevitable bumper stickers that I would expect to see on a Prius.