Volkswagen under investigation over illegal software that masks pollution

[brad]

Yes. 12 months ago I sold my Golf GT Diesel on car sales for $15,000 with just 60,000km on the clock. I would hate to think what it's worth now ?

Looking at the price of GT Sport diesels & GTDs - the price doesn't seem to be affected that much. Not for the age & mileage of some of the vehicles.

[OilBurna]

We will wait with bated breadth no doubt as my old PD dirty diesel is probably worth nothing now will drive it until it dies


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[Hillbilly]

I'm sorry if certain people dismiss these emissions as nothing, and come across as either blind vw supporters or vw employees trying to divert/stop the outrage.
The thing is the effects on health and hip pocket are real and getting worse. .

Some of us are none of the things you make us out to be certainly not a fanboi whatever that may be.

We are just owners who have unfortunately got caught in a not very nice situation. So should we be like several of you and carry on like a pork chop about about how many grams of whatever the cars may or may not emit and which we can do nothing about or just sit and wait to see what eventuates.
Raving on will fix nothing and not enhance any claims for compensation.

I prefer to wait and see what VW offer as a fix and compensation if any.

The owners who think that VW should buy their cars back or pay for the extras they have fitted are P***ing in the wind.

They were rapt with the cars up till now and all of a sudden they dont want them.

I like my two cars and am disappointed about what has happened but not enough to rant and rave about it.

If the solution is not good enough THEN is the time to start getting annoyed.

As for selling, my wagon is now worth about 40% of what I paid for it after 4 1/2 years so reckon thats not far off what it should be.

[Eaglen00b]

Shoulda bought a Lada.... at least your expectations CANNOT go any lower...

[Idle]

Shoulda bought a Lada.... at least your expectations CANNOT go any lower...

Oh yes they can — I learned to drive in a Model T — take your eye off the road and you're off the road, come to a steep hill, turn round and go up backwards, forget to retard the spark and break your wrist, carry spare water, for it boils at the drop of a hat etc. etc. At 25MPH it rattles, at 35 MPH you rattle.

Bought a 1923 Dodge 4 and couldn't believe how good it was — I didn't start rattling 'til 45 MPH, it had a starter and it didn't boil.

Both needed a head-off valve grind and decoke about every 8-10000 miles, neither had any worth-while brakes — if you wanted to stop you wrote to it, both were surprisingly good off-road vehicles.

Youse guys don't know how good you've got it...

[Eaglen00b]

Oh yes they can — I learned to drive in a Model T — take your eye off the road and you're off the road, come to a steep hill, turn round and go up backwards, forget to retard the spark and break your wrist, carry spare water, for it boils at the drop of a hat etc. etc. At 25MPH it rattles, at 35 MPH you rattle.

Bought a 1923 Dodge 4 and couldn't believe how good it was — I didn't start rattling 'til 45 MPH, it had a starter and it didn't boil.

Both needed a head-off valve grind and decoke about every 8-10000 miles, neither had any worth-while brakes — if you wanted to stop you wrote to it, both were surprisingly good off-road vehicles.

Youse guys don't know how good you've got it...

LOL, not all of us are privileged financially and time wise to sample/collect & maintain vintage/classic vehicles!!! But hey, at least there aren't any emissions control soft/hardware to worry about because none of that new fangled sorcery existed back then!

I'd LOVE to get into collecting/restoring classic cars but the Minister for Finance aka She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed at home put the kibosh on that idea years ago.....

[jets]

Both needed a head-off valve grind and decoke about every 8-10000 miles,

After the second world war, new cars had a long waiting list. My father had a preference for American cars & ordered a Ford V8. There was bribery around at the time & people paid dealers to move their name up the waiting list. Dad got tired of this & bought the new beetle back Vanguard with right hand gearshift on the column. In 1954 he bought a Vanguard Spacemaster. It's hard to believe now, but the instruction in the owners handbook was to have a valve grind at 5,000 miles from new.

[Rawcpoppa]

Lol @ model T post

[Hillbilly]

Oh yes they can — I learned to drive in a Model T — take your eye off the road and you're off the road, come to a steep hill, turn round and go up backwards, forget to retard the spark and break your wrist, carry spare water, for it boils at the drop of a hat etc. etc. At 25MPH it rattles, at 35 MPH you rattle.

Bought a 1923 Dodge 4 and couldn't believe how good it was — I didn't start rattling 'til 45 MPH, it had a starter and it didn't boil.

Both needed a head-off valve grind and decoke about every 8-10000 miles, neither had any worth-while brakes — if you wanted to stop you wrote to it, both were surprisingly good off-road vehicles.

Youse guys don't know how good you've got it...

Jeez you must be old Im 75 and the oldest I have driven is a Model A After that a 1926 Essex and 41 different ones since then

[Amalgam]

Europe’s legislators give Volkswagen 10 days to explain latest cheat

Volkswagen given EU CO2 deadline – Car Reviews, News & Advice - CarPoint Australia

Volkswagen has set aside another €2.2 billion to deal with the CO2 crisis alone, on top of the €7 billion it initially allocated for the Dieselgate scandal.