How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” Mode?

Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by msravi on Saturday October 03, 2015 @02:37AM (#10322861)

So now, given that "fixing" the problem will cause power loss, and consequently adversely affect fuel economy, wouldn't a number of VW owners opt not to bring in their vehicles for the recall? What's the incentive for VW owners to voluntarily bring in their cars for a regressive (in terms of power and mpg) fix?

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Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by irq on Saturday October 03, 2015 @02:45AM (#10322887)

The incentive is that, in states that have mandatory smog checking, you will not be able to renew the registration on your car until you get it fixed, rendering it illegal to drive

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Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by hugh4 on Saturday October 03, 2015 @03:41AM (#10323004)

Unless you find one of the many, many shonky smog-check places, which surely can't be that hard.

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Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by colordrops on Saturday October 03, 2015 @04:05AM (#10323049)

Except that it might be hard to get shonky with a VW and keep it under the radar.

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Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by chubs on Saturday October 03, 2015 @07:47AM (#10323521)

I believe VW have promised to replace everyones entire engines. I'm stupefied over how much this will cost, i've seen numbers around to 100B mark. Their market cap is somewhere near half of that. Presumably they think it's better than the brand damage otherwise. I think it's fair to assume they'll go bankrupt over this.

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Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by gnoway on Saturday October 03, 2015 @10:56AM (#10324091)

Do you have a link for this? Replacing even 500k engines in the US is indeed stupefying.

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Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by mineshaftgap on Saturday October 03, 2015 @08:07AM (#10323561)

I seriously doubt Germany would let VW go bankrupt, the government owns twenty percent of the company and they are too big too fail.

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Re:How Much Power Does the Volkswagen TDI Lose in “Cheater” ... by jdjdirn on Saturday October 03, 2015 @02:42AM (#10322877)

Also given that this effects the quality of the product they bought significantly, wouldnt they be entitled to a refund?

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