Lowering NOx in TDI's a simple fix?

[gregoron]

Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
Originally Posted By: gregoron
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
About a potential fix, I'm wondering if the engineers in the organization are so psychologically frazzled that they can't go forward working on a fix. Knowing that your department, and maybe you in particular, has caused the company billions in charges and lost goodwill, well, they aren't robots. I think a new team will have to be recruited, trained, familiarized, and that means we lose some of the intellectual traction for a while.


That would make for an interesting documentary. Although it is sad, I can't help picturing their working environment as something out of Dilbert or The Office.


Yes, I hadn't thought of that. Hollywood should be on this. Seriously.
When Wall Street screwed the entire planet for over $800 billion dollars U.S., and Iceland and Scotland, etc., went through their similar financial scandals, Hollywood gave us "Margin Call" with Jeremy Irons, the documentary "Inside Job" with Matt Damon narrating, "Too Big To Fail" with William Hurt, etc.

What should be the title of a documentary or dramatization (docu-drama)?
"Noxious Nein"
"Polluting Profits"
"Cheat Device"
"Engineering a Company Meltdown"
"Diesel Dorks Do Dusseldorf"
"Choking on Profits" ?????????????????


How about:

1. "Think Diesels Idiots!" (TDI, get it?)
2. "Total Recall 3.0"
3. "EPA, I Urea On You"
4. "TDI is NOx So Bad"
5. "Smoke and Mirrors"

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: gregoron
I do believe that it will be a simple fix like flashing the ECU.

Why do I have a feeling, though, that it's going to involve more maintenance costs or a modification of the maintenance schedule, let alone potential changes in fuel economy and power.

You know, urea doesn't have to be replenished and regens aren't problematic and DPFs don't clog up if they're not used in the first place.

 

[lubricatosaurus]

Originally Posted By: gregoron
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
Originally Posted By: gregoron
Originally Posted By: lubricatosaurus
About a potential fix, I'm wondering if the engineers in the organization are so psychologically frazzled that they can't go forward working on a fix. Knowing that your department, and maybe you in particular, has caused the company billions in charges and lost goodwill, well, they aren't robots. I think a new team will have to be recruited, trained, familiarized, and that means we lose some of the intellectual traction for a while.


That would make for an interesting documentary. Although it is sad, I can't help picturing their working environment as something out of Dilbert or The Office.


Yes, I hadn't thought of that. Hollywood should be on this. Seriously.
When Wall Street screwed the entire planet for over $800 billion dollars U.S., and Iceland and Scotland, etc., went through their similar financial scandals, Hollywood gave us "Margin Call" with Jeremy Irons, the documentary "Inside Job" with Matt Damon narrating, "Too Big To Fail" with William Hurt, etc.

What should be the title of a documentary or dramatization (docu-drama)?
"Noxious Nein"
"Polluting Profits"
"Cheat Device"
"Engineering a Company Meltdown"
"Diesel Dorks Do Dusseldorf"
"Choking on Profits" ?????????????????


How about:

1. "Think Diesels Idiots!" (TDI, get it?)
2. "Total Recall 3.0"
3. "EPA, I Urea On You"
4. "TDI is NOx So Bad"
5. "Smoke and Mirrors"


Engineering problem movies haven't been super popular. "Afterburn" in 1992 covered the F-16 wire chafing issue, and "Flash of Genius" in 2008 covered intermittent windshield wipers. Maybe many would find a VW-Audi movie about this too boring. If they made it as interesting as "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" or the "Inside Job" documentaries, maybe we'd have something.

 

[xfactor9]

Perhaps this affects VW's future plans for diesel vehicles but they're not going to abandon the US market completely. Besides, the US wouldn't want them to leave -- they build cars here and create jobs.

The government will act tough publicly to teach them a lesson, like they did with BP, so as maintain the citizenry's faith. But BP still operates in this country as will VW

 

[CT8]

I really don't care for V W but it would be so worth it to have a V W with a naughty TDI.

 

[Olas]

Originally Posted By: threeputtpar
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
Shutter VW, Bentley, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Bugatti in the US? I think not.


What, no love for Audi?

Maybe you meant to say that they would keep Audi in the US as it's by far the best of their brands?


What, no love for Ductti? ...... By far the best of their brands .....