Don't forget moon phases. Another huge but overlooked possibility.
don't forget solar flares
The video I linked a while back would indicate that VW is more pissed at the fact that Hyundai engineers can design a Tilt column lever that doesn't rattle and VW engineers can't
Why does our fuel standard matter at all? VW knew our standard, outfitted the car with a pump not designed for the standard. So basically there is no defending VW. Its not like the US surprised them with lower quality fuel, they knew it well ahead of time
True, they weren't surprised. But they might be perplexed. But I guess my point is that from the outside looking in the US is generally seen as a high quality supplier of anything they bring to market. That, coupled with the higher cost of diesel in your country compared to gasoline, seams worth looking into. I don't know what is involved but I don't think it would be beyond the means of the suppliers to ensure a uniform quality of fuel, whether its diesel or gasoline.
And yes I have lost power on the freeway. As soon as I noticed the lack of power I used the remaining momentum to pull over to the curb. Of course everyone's situation will vary. If you are stuck in bad traffic and weren't moving anyway you would have trouble, or if you are on one of those 4 (or more) lane freeways it wouldn't be easy but cars break down all the time for all sorts of reasons (even just running out of gas) and most make it to the side of the road. I see them there way more often than parked in the middle of it somewhere.
+1. Why should vw get the blame? They only design and test their vehicles.
Entirely possible, but I've been using the same batch of Stanadyne Lubricity in both of my CJAA-engined TDIs. The newer one (which has had 24 fill-ups, all with Stanadyne Lubricity) failed, while the slightly older TDI (now on 47 fill-ups, 35 with Stanadyne Lubricity) hasn't failed yet. Both are driven ~90% highway commuting.
Because our polution standards are geared to maximize air quality and undermine economic competitiveness, not in that order.
They didn't ask, I volunteered. Nobody seemed to care. There's been some discussion indicating that VW likely can't easily detect consumer-added additives in the fuel sample from producer-added additives, so... They are looking for gasoline and water in the sample, though.
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Can you point to where they did that? I thought they had always backed away from recommending any particular additive. It would be good to see they were bothering to get into this.
Not true for the common rail.speedeep said: