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Mr. Luddite

On 10/15/2015 9:36 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:59:15 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:35:13 -0400, wrote:

They still have not figured out how to deal with all of the
non-conforming cars in the US that suddenly became scrap metal (you
can't legally drive them here)

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It should be easy enough to reprogram the computer to make them
conform. They won't have the same power and economy however. There
will no doubt be black market mods to reset them back after the dealer
"de-powers" them. I suspect many will just continue to drive them as
is.

Now I am hearing rumors that the EPA is looking at the other VW cars
(Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini etc) to see if they are cheating too. It
is hard to believe that they spent all this time on a software trick
like this and only used it once.
I wonder how some of those cars perform in "more power" mode when it
is a rich guy who doesn't care about the fuel gauge, only seeing the
speedometer move..

The initial reports I heard included some Porsche models ... which is
owned by VW. Also, only diesel powered cars are affected, not gas, as
I understand it.