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So really you should post a video of a test driver driving the EPA/CARB test. It is not, I repeat NOT the real world! The driver does test/drive a graph on a screen ! It is insanity if one expects to get real world driving emissions & mpg figures from the EPA test run ! You will get EPA/CARB TEST figures!!
So for example, I post what I really get in the real world on 4 diesels and folks probably think I'm insane?
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
But for emissions, we need to get out of the lab and out in the real world where our real lungs live. That means real testing with sniffers or whatever that will make it harder for the testing to be spoofed on test day and in the weeks after.
ULSD $1.89, RUG $1.87, PUG $2.11.
I signed up for, but have not receive the (2nd) $1000 VW care package & VW Roadside Assist.
Filled 12.88 gal, 476 miles for (shy of) 37 mpg. (2014 MB GLK 250 BT @ app 28,000 miles) Terrible commute traffic! It's reputedly the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd WORSE commute in the NATION! The week leading up to the Super Bowl 50 didn't help either !
So how about those Denver Broncos ???!!!
Talk about insult to injury! http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/02/cam-newton-super-bowl-taxes
The result: Newton will pay California 86.3% of his Super Bowl earnings if the Panthers win. Losing means his effective tax rate will be a whopping 172.2%. Oh yeah, he will also pay the IRS 40.5% on his earnings.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2016/02/03/california-taxes-will-eat-up-all-of-cam-newtons-super-bowl-earnings/#2715e4857a0b7b9fb0de50a6
http://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-recalls-680-000-vehicles-in-u-s-due-to-air-bag-problems-1455108890
The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately 34 million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and another 7 million have been recalled worldwide.
http://blog.caranddriver.com/massive-takata-airbag-recall-everything-you-need-to-know-including-full-list-of-affected-vehicles/
If we are to use GM's ignition problem as an example, (subset) it probably would've been way CHEAPER to pay off the death claims of those that put airbags in as an option,( dying as a result of deploying that option) rather than force airbags on everybody. Again the critical concept here is choice.
Not much on topic either but I had mostly forgotten about the Flying J/Pilot conspiracy mess.
Ex-Pilot president, 7 others indicted in diesel fuel rebate fraud (knoxnews.com)
Insult To Injury? VW Diesel Owners Saddled With Emission Repairs BEFORE Warranty Expiration (autospies.com)
I did notice DEF at one of the Interstate truck stops the other day for sale for $2.49 a gallon at the pump.
Diesel here is mostly $1.89 with one station a dime cheaper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7wbK7xk8gM
With probably cheaper ULSD prices, that would put my 15,000 miles per year commute cost at roughly 31 to $35 per month !
Diesel on!
And while it's nice to "stick" it to the Saudis et.al., just how destabilized to you want Russia to get?
As they say, interesting times.
So at 15,000 miles per year @ 36 mpg and $1.00 at gallon for diesel, yearly commute cost hits $417. ! /12 mo= $34.75 per mo! CPMD: fuel= 2.78 cents ! T
Diesel prices may be due for a crash, per this Bloomberg story discussing the Chinese refiners.
What's wrong with high miles? Everyone says diesels are good for at least 500,000 miles.
The real question: what is the closest repair facility geared for maintaining commercial vehicles that sees hard commercial use. You need to play in THEIR wheelhouse.
Again way off topic, a lot of folks are used to the Amazon "delivered concept", which if you had to go out and buy that particular item, you'd have to use your car that many times more often. Amazon & our local grocery store and the grocery store in the SOS/DD trek offers to also deliver your groceries. Both Amazon and the local grocery stores have $ minimum limits.
The federal, state, county and local entities governments are really following a time worn line of stupidity. But then, that is nothing new.
For a very long time, the goal was to cut down on the use of fuel. But then, when they actually cut down on use of fuel, they are now complaining that they're not making enough tax money: ON, the use of fuel! DAH! A blind man should've seen that one coming and I apologize to the a blind man !
CA state (Ours) is complaining that businesses are moving out of the state. People are moving out of state. Commercial properties are going bankrupt. etc. etc. Local bitneses are going under. New businesses won't even try to start! Makes you wonder why they even complain about it in the first place.
Oh and if the "diesel gate" chicken littles are to be believed , they want it to seem that TDI's cause ALL the pollution in the USA , i.e. the AIR is more dirty ! With all that going on "unintended consequences " the air should be cleaner right ?
Since I've worked at home since '83, I guess I'm way ahead of the time/gas game eh?
Q&A: Can Mercedes’ new engine save diesel? (topgear.com)
A - no idea, not going to click through 9 pages of clickbait to find out. But it's a slow news day....
Yes, and pay per mile driving TAXATIONS will /should be a business expense! That would imply they will/should drop the tax on ULSD and RUG. In CA, anyway that would make per gal at least $.64 cheaper.
While the linked article is WAY good, ( I say bring it on & yippee yahoo, advantage diesel!!! ) it goes right over the heads of all the ECO cons. The mathematics has NO/ZERO relevance in the ECO CONS fantasy world , as if 6 mo old, then change your smart phone, I pad, laptop, with tons of batteries recycled etc concept is "sustainable". !?
btw, there's some encouraging VW sales number that I posted elsewhere. China is saving the day.
Personal interaction will always be important! However, team modularity (across time & space zones) has been an integral part of work life, for a very long time.t
Bringing this back around to diesels, hopefully it won't take VW 13 months to get their corporate books in order. That one recent postponement got some of their bigger investors hot and bothered.
Further , I think there is a lot of truth both upfront and de facto when the EPA/CARB says affected (my) TDI's are safe, legal and OK to drive. The smog test (in effect and) effectively gives anybody/me a two-year approval. They really don't need to (really ) check it to know that it's A OK and just fine!
Do you think the EPA cares when they send highly toxic waste water into a NM river? What are they doing about it? NOTHING!! Don't like it? Sue us? You have a great chancel of not winning, after decades of litigation. Win? Fine, we will just raise your taxes to pay for it!!
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
I clicked all the way thru because I am considering buying a diesel E Class, and wondering if I should wait until the new model comes out later this year.
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
My two take: even the current " 2.1 L TT, 3.0 L T) bluetecs will be a 30 year life span products. The new MB diesel will set the bar ever higher, for even gassers! ADVANTAGE DIESEL ! For at least another (40 years) generation after that! It remains to be seen how the gasser technology will address the issues raised in the MB diesel article !
I personally would not be a first year adopter, but that's just a personal bias.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/2016-range-rover-hse-td6-130003950.html
The VW Customer Care Package for the 12 VW Touareg TDI came yesterday in the mail! The MB GLK 250 BT is posting about 35.5 miles per gallon.