No. Yes. Yes.

Good. I hope they’re all cheating. These regulations are out of control and it’s about time there was a backlash against them.

well thats what you get when you combine regulation and self policing

A lot of us old-timers used to change almost daily, so I’ve been trying that again. Everything still tracks back to the same place, so it doesn’t break anything :D

And it’s shit like this which prevents other Euro auto companies (Peugeot, Citroen, etc.) from entering the US market. No one wants to spend billions engineering their cars to meet the US’ ridiculous emission requirements.

Considering: How fuel efficient those TDI’s are to begin with; How ridiculously picky the US’s emissions and safety regulations are; and how many tractor trailers and coal-rolling rednecks are running around, I honestly don’t care all that much. It’s a tradition in this country that every few years we have to flog…

If I was in a TDI owner’s shoes (especially one in a state with mandatory emissions testing), I’d buy a second ecu from a wrecker, or perhaps directly from the dealership after the recalls happen. Keep my dirty stock ecu for daily driving and swap in the new/reflashed ecu a week or so before the car is tested.

Honestly, I kind of fall into that group. It’s clearly bad and wrong, but dammit, I have to hand it to them. I mean, for them to pull that off for 5 years with nobody suspecting a thing, nothing getting out, no competitor finding out that’s what they were doing after buying and disassembling VWs to learn their…

I predict that dieselgate will be forgotten by everyone except auto enthusiasts in less than six months.

Voluntary recall to lower my MPG? Ummm.. how about.. no.

I see they didn’t use one of their spectacular CVT units that gets replaced more often than an air filter.

You say bad TDI resale value...I say great deals on a used diesel.

Nissan and Toyota are going for it. Dumpster worthy design after dumpster worthy design. I struggle to see who is buying their ugly ass cars. Do they think they look good or do they just not care?

Nissan is crushing it with ugly ass cars/trucks lately. Then again, with Toyota’s new Prius, it could just be a Japanese competition to see who can use the most distorted lines on a vehicle.

Sliiiiide to the left, sliiiiiide to the right.

Is it just me, or does it seem unlikely that VAG is the only group clever enough to think of this and venal enough to do it?

No doubt about it — but at that rate, most of the world is criminally liable for some incremental contribution. As opposed to GM, who was directly and almost solely liable for a definitive, sudden death.

I’ll get right on not buying it!

I know what it means. A bunch of overweight 25 year old virgins are going to line up in front of their local Apple Stores starting in 2018.