It ain't cheating til you get caught -VW Diesels

From what I read, EU allows 80 NoX, while US allows 31 NoX.

So ...

-jim

 

Worldwide emissions standards.

 

Ehhhhhh...... not really true.. Relative values (40x) only tell half the story, but same with absolute ones (5/200ppm). 5ppm of hydrogen cyanide is easily tolerated by the human body. 200ppm, on the other hand, is fatal within seconds.

40x the rate that caferace listed (31ppm) is 1240ppm. Medical nitrous oxide, the kind the dentist uses to put you to sleep, is delivered to you at only 800ppm. So, at its higher end, each of those cars driving around is basically the equivalent of opening up a tank of laughing gas and spraying it up into the air as you drive by.

 

NY Man Sues Volkswagen Over Emissions Scandal: 'Every Reason That I Bought the Car Was Based on a Lie'

What would his damages be? How has he been harmed?

 

N2O and NOx are two different things.
Nitrous oxide and oxides of nitrogen.
The x can be a 2, 3, whatever.

 

You know what pisses me off about this drivel? That I most likely won't ever be able to get a 2.0 gasoline A3 5 door or a S3 5 door.

No way they'll bring in a "hatchback" without the diesel hipster wagon.

I hope someone kills the bitch that snitched!

 

didn't you see his long hair and goatee in the photo? they're already combed and washed, instead of greasy and dreadlocked... his granola cred has been irreparably damaged

 

Similar concentrations, was the point. But if you did spray a can of N2O into the air, the N2O would eventually react with the O2 and make NO and O3, making my analogy actually surprisingly correct, lol.

 

I was seriously planning on buying a sportswagen tdi. Now I don't even know if I'll be able to

 

His NOx has been gored.

 

How do these people even get their pants on in the morning. None of them seem terribly clever.

 

Didn't Volkswagen make the cars for the nazis?

 

And Godwins Law makes an appearance ...

-jim

 

I'll go with that. Living in the Philly area for 35 years the smog has never gone away. Most vehicles in the area are newer along with clean diesel trucks frequenting the highway.

I wouldn't be surprised....

 

Every time!

The video of Hitler being pissed off about his Volkswagen's emissions is already out there though.

 

Zero sulfur diesel fuel is the norm in Europe

 

Might want to review the chemistry here. NOx in exhaust is NO and NO2 which can create nitric acid/acid rain, Nitrus Oxide is N2O and it makes happy hippies.

 

We make urea systems for almost all NA vehicles and fuel tanks for all NA VW, this is going to be interesting to say the least. I'm over in Germany right now and it's a mad scramble trying to think what VW is going to do but either way it won't end well. I'm hoping VW detunes them and basically buys the cars off people. Them pick up a used one and have it flashed. I miss my tdi with 168hp and 398ftlb at the wheels, and it was a wagon

 

This. Diesel would be the answer to many problems if not for overbearing idiots.

 

Think VW's board meeting is going on right now, sure a few people have already packed up their things from their office.