General: VW Diesel Scandal

[davidsmith1307]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

Given the newspaper headlines today on this, I can just imagine the TV adverts in a month time at either end of Jeremy Kyle.... "If you have owned a VW in the past 7 years... you could be entitled to thousands...." etc.

And the phone calls. When the PPI gravy train runs out....

[ifzal123]

Originally Posted by GreenBrick

Ask him how much he is putting aside for when the DPF needs replacing. 3K didn't cover it for my friend's Passat.... Get saving....

No Idea but he normally changes his car when its 5 years old so he may never cross that bridge.

[Tannaton]

I can just imagine it now....

Have you been misold TDI? You may be eligible for compensation. German motor manufacturers have set aside billions in anticipation. Call now on 0800 80110CK5 and speak to one of our trained specialists now! Can you afford not to?

[The Mad Rapper]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

I think it's going to be a bit like Lance Armstrong - he was the first to get rumbled doping in the Tour De France and he coughed for it and was punished. However what about the people who came 2nd and 3rd? Cyling is one of the few sports where competitors have got slower in the past 10 years...

Eh? No he wasn't.

Plenty of people got collared before LA even went on OW to confess. And if you look at the ascent times for the key mountain stages over the last few years you'll see that there's virtually no difference. In some instances they are riding faster now.

Nutrition, training and technology have all improved massively since the US Postal years, but some GC riders are all still doping IMHO. Micro-dosing and the use of new, as yet undetected, PEDs still goes on.

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by The Mad Rapper

Eh? No he wasn't.

Plenty of people got collared before LA even went on OW to confess. And if you look at the ascent times for the key mountain stages over the last few years you'll see that there's virtually no difference. In some instances they are riding faster now.

Nutrition, training and technology have all improved massively since the US Postal years, but some GC riders are all still doping IMHO. Micro-dosing and the use of new, as yet undetected, PEDs still goes on.

I take your point and you clearly know cycling better than me - but as you said training, nutrition and technology have changed beyond recognition but in most cases the times are the same as 10 years ago....

All I was trying to say is that due to sales pressure etc.etc. VW are likely not to be the only people that have done something they shouldn't have.

[ifzal123]

Audi & Skoda have now admitted cheating


Who next?

[volvorocks]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

I can just imagine it now....

Have you been misold TDI? You may be eligible for compensation. German motor manufacturers have set aside billions in anticipation. Call now on 0800 80110CK5 and speak to one of our trained specialists now! Can you afford not to?

Very good...lol...

That ppi advert is so annoying, even more so since they changed the catchprase from ''not interested?'' to ''can you afford not to''...and then there is that ''have I got ppi''...so that will be changed to ''have I got tdi''..!!

Regards

[rich1068]

Hanging's too good for them etc etc

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by ifzal123

Audi & Skoda have now admitted cheating

Who next?

SEAT will probably follow being another VAG group member....

[TruckbusUK]

Originally Posted by ifzal123

Audi & Skoda have now admitted cheating


Who next?

Oh, no Bugatti! ...... would anyone be surprised at a Veyron failing its emissions test .... doubt it!