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This is sizing up to be the automotive equivalent of the banking scandals. Did you know VW sales have collapsed by 35% over the last week? |
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BUT. If public opinion runs counter to VW's interests, and the collapse of their car sales over the last week suggests it might. Today's fickle, focus group politicians may jump on the bash VW bandwagon. |
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Also markets like China are incredibly fickle and will believe VW are poisoning them if told so. VW could have totally lost its North American slice of the pie. |
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09-22-2015, 05:56 PM | #31 |
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The tests are a nonsense anyway. Performing emissions tests in laboratory type conditions tell you nothing and if you enjoy driving you won't go through the gears slowly and at lower revs just to get an extra 200 yards from a tank of diesel. You might even exceed 56mph occasionally where it is legal to do so.
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09-23-2015, 04:14 AM | #33 |
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& it's more me being naive about the care big companies give, as demonstrated on a large scale It's not misfortune for me, didn't lose much money An apology would have sufficed at the initial stage , but what got me, was the principle of them avoiding admission They've cost themselves more in legal fees than I ever lost So I was doing it out of principle , now I'm just hoping something on a bigger scale is revealed so I can rub my hands with glee at their misfortune |
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09-23-2015, 04:54 AM | #37 |
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The VW stuff is actually a good analogy
essentially - sold stuff based on false info however since I'm not EPA they can fob me off so hence I feel it's endemic to lie so long as there's no ramifications beyond annoying one customer |
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09-23-2015, 01:06 PM | #38 |
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At the moment there's every possibility that other manufacturers could be involved and that VW Group could be in trouble globally not just the US. Furthermore saw in the news today there's murmurings that petrol vehicles could also be involved, though no evidence to support this claim. So this whole thing has the potential to explode....will be interesting to see how it unfolds
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