VW......anybody been watching the news?

So...one of the worlds biggest brands tarnished by lying of emission claims!!

They purposely developed software, to cheat emission standard claims while been tested.

It is now stated that 11million cars world wide, have been fitted with cheating software, to pass emission laws, and VW, well, they`re in big trouble.

And VW now owns some other prestigious brands that will probably be affected as well.  The ceo will be the first to go.

Exactly right.

A can of worms has just been opened, and I`m on the edge of my seat, not only for who they also own, but the rest of the world manufacturers,  to be scrutinized over world standards.

California is to blame

I just read that the fines could be over 30 BILLION dollars.  Now that's a lot of money. Even for Dr Evil.

Hammy wrote:I just read that the fines could be over 30 BILLION dollars.  Now that's a lot of money. Even for Dr Evil.

and it will buy me a lot of motorcycles too....  muhahahahaha ..... muhahahahahahahahaha

actually I was looking at getting a VW next vehicle, just waiting on lotto to give me a call

well mate, with any luck, they might be giving them away

mtbeerwah wrote:Exactly right.

A can of worms has just been opened, and I`m on the edge of my seat, not only for who they also own, but the rest of the world manufacturers,  to be scrutinized over world standards.

I'm very interested in seeing what comes of this, from 2006 to 2010 most of my days were spent doing ADR, IM240 and DT80 drive cycle emission testing, the 1st year was mostly diesel testing for a test and repair program we did for the Commonwealth Government, I can't recall if we tested any VW (or their derivatives) products but am sure we probably did as we tested hundreds of vehicles from light passenger cars and utes through to prime movers loaded up to simulate a 120,000kg load

Back in my day (might still be the same) CPU's were benchmarked by repeatedly running subsets of Microsoft Office algorithms to see how quickly they would run office applications compared to their rivals.  It wasn't long till it was discovered that some of the CPU's were actually optimised just for these benchmarking routines, providing much higher performance results than would be achieved in actual use.

Baz wrote:

Hammy wrote:I just read that the fines could be over 30 BILLION dollars.  Now that's a lot of money. Even for Dr Evil.

and it will buy me a lot of motorcycles too....  muhahahahaha ..... muhahahahahahahahaha

actually I was looking at getting a VW next vehicle, just waiting on lotto to give me a call

Hey Baz , I just noticed you look just like Dr Evil   

Probably a few modified vehicle owners wouldn't mind getting hold of that software 

It's all a sinister marketing ploy.
Vw is going to cough up all the dough then replace everyones diesel cars with their new Zero emission nuclear powered cars. 
This way Vw becomes the Green manufacturer and wins hearts and minds around the world.

Bosco15 wrote:It's all a sinister marketing ploy.
Vw is going to cough up all the dough then replace everyones diesel cars with their new Zero emission nuclear powered cars. 
This way Vw becomes the Green manufacturer and wins hearts and minds around the world.

that's a hell of a marketing ploy

It's been a long time coming.  
It all started when a bloke with a funny little mustache had an idea for a "Peoples Car"

Bosco15 wrote:It's all a sinister marketing ploy.
Vw is going to cough up all the dough then replace everyones diesel cars with their new Zero emission nuclear powered cars. 
This way Vw becomes the Green manufacturer and wins hearts and minds around the world.

BOSCO !     It's half past midnight.  Put the Bong away and get to bed.

Bosco15 wrote:It's been a long time coming.  
It all started when a bloke with a funny little mustache had an idea for a "Peoples Car"

ahh, the people`s favourite.

I seem to have forgotten, what happen to him again.......

Hammy wrote:

Bosco15 wrote:It's all a sinister marketing ploy.
Vw is going to cough up all the dough then replace everyones diesel cars with their new Zero emission nuclear powered cars. 
This way Vw becomes the Green manufacturer and wins hearts and minds around the world.

BOSCO !     It's half past midnight.  Put the Bong away and get to bed.

Lmao! 

More emmissions than a VW!

Blame VW for the global warming. 

Hammy wrote:Blame VW for the global warming. 

it all started with their founder, even in death he's going to destroy us all...............................

Hammy wrote:Blame VW for the global warming. 

Except that they've now proven that the planet is cooling down! That's why the terminology became "climate change" after "global warning" was found to just mass hysteria.

It's all too much. "Global warming" , "Climate change" , "Tyre kicking" , "Lady boys" .  What hope have we got ?

Hammy wrote:It's all too much. "Global warming" , "Climate change" , "Tyre kicking" , "Lady boys" .  What hope have we got ?

  to the rescue!

This is enough to make you crack up......



(Pic from today's paper, needless to say local constabulary were not happy )

Well she " obviously " doesn't have piles , I wonder why she doesn't sit down ? 

paul wrote:Well she " obviously " doesn't have piles , I wonder why she doesn't sit down ? 

Because she was stuck to his back !