VW  Clean Diesel...

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke) 09/20/2015 at 22:35 • Filed to: None

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JustWaitingForAMate > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 22:42

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When asked for comment VW executives provided the following :

dogisbadob > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 22:47

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Not NEARLY as harmful as anything GM has done over the past 40 years.

But yeah, apparently Tom Brady drives a TDI

Agrajag > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 22:48

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“Volkswagen was sued on Friday in a federal court in San Francisco in a consumer class-action case alleging that the defeat device has caused vehicles to lose value.”

That didn’t take long.

bob and john > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 22:48

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meh. ours uses really little fuell and is great for cruising. was tempted to tune it and to hell with emissions anyways, so w/e

CB > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 22:52

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All the more reason to justify buying a GTI instead of a diesel.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 22:52

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Annnd any sort of advancement diesel made into becoming mainstream in the US just went about 20 steps back.

bob and john > CB 09/20/2015 at 23:00

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well, if they would just bring the GTD over, i wouldnt have that issue now would I?!

Flavien Vidal > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 23:09

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I remember when I wrote an article about Diesel and how much they suck, pollute and so on and that “clean Diesel” was bullshit.

This is a known fact for many many years in France and Europe in general that there are NO clean diesel. Yet I got a backlash, with people telling me how stupid I was because nowadays Diesels were “clean” and oh so awesome lol...

Well, guess what happened? :)

M54B30 > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/20/2015 at 23:11

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None of this bothers me - I’m just as much in the market for a Golf wagon TDI as i was a week ago.

So they pollute more than they’re supposed, IDGAF. I just want to make sure i get the next gen infotainment system

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Flavien Vidal 09/20/2015 at 23:55

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I don’t really know that much about diesels, is it any better with bio-diesels?

Flavien Vidal > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/21/2015 at 00:00

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From what i know Biodiesel doesn’t not change anything when it comes to NOx emissions.

LongbowMkII > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/21/2015 at 00:06

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i think the “clean” part of biodiesel is that it’s recycled/grown rather than extracted/refined. i dont know the details of co2/nox/particulate emissions.

LongbowMkII > Agrajag 09/21/2015 at 00:08

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although it may increase their value. not many individually care all too much about emissions.

The Ghost of Oppo > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 09/21/2015 at 00:43

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This was Audi’s tag line for awhile back in like 2010. It's pretty damn funny now

duurtlang > LongbowMkII 09/21/2015 at 04:18

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The advantage of biodiesel is that it’s carbon neutral. It does still emit the same amount of carbon (CO2 mostly), but that’s carbon sourced from a renewable source (crops) and not from a depletable source (oil). These crops fixated a similar amount of CO2 for their growth, hence biodiesel being carbon neutral.

All other emisions are still there as far as I’m aware.

axiomatik > M54B30 09/21/2015 at 12:29

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Well, VW has stopped selling any new or used TDIs until this issue is resolved, so you might have difficulty finding one.