I have to disagree with you ... it shows you are not into politics ..
... This would be quite suicidal, especially for bottom-of-the-barrel popularity of Wynn.
Very few people will be affected because 99% of owners are having an orgy on Facebook discussing their upcoming trip to the top of the vehicle depreciation curve. The citiots will cheer her because they have read the "forty times" stupidity, not realizing that it is forty times a microscopically small number.
It is likely that they grandfather TDi's in for licensing but they may also hold that to the current owner and when you try to sell it the ownership will not be transferable.
That is very insightful, and is a definite possibility. The Liberal government did something similar with firearms - you can own certain firearms until you die, then they are confiscated from your estate, to be melted down.
As of right now, if you have a common-rail TDI that is subject to having a Drive Clean test, it is supposed to be treated the same as any other car: If the "check engine" lamp is not on, and "readiness" is set internally, it is good to go - despite any underlying shenanigans that VW may have done which are NOT the owner's fault.
Go to the Drive Clean website and look it up yourself if you don't believe me.
Nowhere it says, that I should be carrying the burden in such a case by not being able to register my vehicle.
You guys are looking at the wrong thing. The only thing you should be looking at is the Environmental Protection Act. It says no-one may cause an out-of-compliance vehicle to be driven on a public road. End of story. The fact that TDIs pass today is simply a limitation of the way they have chosen to do the test. The engine type is coded into the VIN, and it would take about ten minutes for a faceless bureaucrat to program a computer to write a letter to all the owners saying "Dear tax slave: sorry, but you can't renew your sticker any more. It is for the children, we are sure you understand."
You can point to your passed DriveClean certificate all you want, it will do you no good in the end. VW has already pled guilty, the fact that the cars were never in compliance, is not in question.
