Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Hawkmoon on September 15, 2020, 01:18:18 AM
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https://apnews.com/563a0e48922787c1881da2430a8b514f
I had no idea that Dimestore Benz was fudging the emissions control systems on their diesels.
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Without any evidence, I would just assume that every car company except Tesla is fudging their emissions data, and they are all fudging their MPG/range figures.
There's too much incentive there to "adjust " something.
From the article I note that MB denies using defeat devices, didn't recieve an actual notice of violation, and settled out of court. I suspect they didn't do this, but did something they'd prefer not to have revealed in open court.
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I wonder how many people who owned the cars thought reprogramming the software to show "desired" results during testing and defaulting to improved performance (power/MPG) during actual driving was a reasonable solution to an unreasonable situation? >:D
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If it doesn't actively endanger or harm the consumer, I'd say that a company "cheating" and giving the finger to .gov makes me more likely to support them, not less. :cool: