No, a blanket statement would read like this: 100% of tdi guru's will service tdi's better than 100% of dealer techs. I stand by my statement. Personally, my car never gets touched by dealer techs. But then again , I'm capable of doing most work myself.
You must be the only one.
its either this or move to an emissions free state
Stalling a DSG is easy. Did it in the first week. At a stop light, rev the motor with your foot on the brake. Donk, sputter, rattle, rattle, silence. Easy as pie.Fair enough. I was basing my comments off our '98 stick. The '12 is a DSG.
I haven't stalled either one of them
Which makes for a very interesting situation for all the other CARB compliant states such as the one you and I live in. I've never been a fan of a group of officials in another state where I have no voting rights making a set of legislative decisions that effect me.
Hip hip hooray! In actuality this scandal has made you a dirty, rotten lawbreaker every time you drive your car. Haha.
Not saying this is going to happen, but there are plenty of people with LNT cars that are less than 2 years old (myself included) I think there will be many different options for different circumstances
True, lol. If I was a real do gooder I would of stopped driving it. We're all in a quagmire I guess. I will never think of Nitrogen Oxides the same ever again.
No one's gonna get free use of a car (in terms of depreciation) whether it's 2 years or 6 years, I don't care how much you feel lied to.
Gonna have to backup Oilhammer with my own anecdotal experience on this one.EGR cooler recalls on the BEWs are pretty much always a mess, because they can't be bothered to put that support bracket back in place, and then the pipe cracks over and over again. Until someone like me comes along, recognizes the problem lies in a missing part, and corrects it.
I heard the NJSP are setting up road blocks as we speak - you're toast buddy
That and because reinstalling a bracket and six more bolts takes time. Time that the tech could put into knocking out another car or two. It's stuff like this that's why I won't be taking my car in for whatever mechanical refit they come up with.
And there are those of us who bought one within a few weeks of this story breaking.
I wouldn't be surprised, Christie wants to make more money for our state. He made eye contact with my wife at the Labor Day Parade. I'm jealous.I heard the NJSP are setting up road blocks as we speak - you're toast buddy
I don't get why these cars need to be crushed. They are perfectly safe, operating vehicles. But they need to be crushed just because they don't meet US/EU emission standards? People need good cars in other countries, and those other countries may have their own standards (imagine that!), and in some of these countries, these cars meet those standards (South Africa, for example):
So in other words, you're spouting conspiracy theories even though you're completely uninformed.
Taking your concerns in order:
If I had to get the recall done, I would go over it with a fine-tooth comb after the fact.
The thing a lot of people are forgetting is that when this blows over - and it will - they/you still have an awesome motor vehicle with a particular set of desirable attributes that pretty much no other comparably priced cars have. Certain people will still want these cars regardless of the final upshot of this whole mess.
Me too. So I am going to get the fix (because I have to) and then gauge the changes. Worse mileage? Worse performance? If so, that's when I will get into, "Hey! This isn't what I purchased!" and see where it takes me. Maybe VW will already have acknowledged that and offered some kind of restitution? We will know soon enough.