Cobb Tuning Hit with $2.9M Fine over Emissions Defeat Devices

Re:Cobb Tuning Hit with $2.9M Fine over Emissions Defeat Dev... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:08AM (#41580684)

This may be a surprise to you, but if they can't pay the larger fine... it just goes unpaid. Funny that. Nor does escalation likely work... if you go seize all the office chairs and other assets, then they can no longer conduct the business which would eventually make it possible for them to pay the fine.

Attempting to be more harsh often results in less harsh results.

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Re:Cobb Tuning Hit with $2.9M Fine over Emissions Defeat Dev... by ericd on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @12:17PM (#41581826)

Wiping out all the equityholders and wiping out everything they've worked to build is a much harsher penalty than some money. The point isn't to actually get money from them.

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Re:Cobb Tuning Hit with $2.9M Fine over Emissions Defeat Dev... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:55PM (#41583981)

> The point isn't to actually get money from them.

No, I suppose it isn't. The point, I think, is that you're irrationally jealous of other people doing things, and like to see them spitefully stomped into the ground. But it's good to hear you be honest about it.

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Re:Cobb Tuning Hit with $2.9M Fine over Emissions Defeat Dev... by ericd on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @09:21PM (#41587504)

Don't know where you got that, until seeing this, I didn't know or care about Cobb, I'm certainly not jealous of them. I was just saying that the EPA is not trying to optimize the amount of money they get, they're just trying to punish without killing the company, that would be much harsher than what they're going for.

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