Is that the table you are talking about? If so, it refers to first year VED so its comparing what you would have paid in year one only.
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stevieturbo
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Or the rest of the world are over exaggerating it all ?
It's no big deal really, and daft it has cost them so much money...and even worse didnt some go to jail over it ? Mental.
It's no big deal really, and daft it has cost them so much money...and even worse didnt some go to jail over it ? Mental.
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Of course they should be jailed. What annoys me is that there are plenty in government who have done worse but are protected by their bubble.
adzy
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What's it called? Maybe give it a watch tomorrow
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Not really a big deal I suppose since there are bigger killers.
Dirty money.
stevieturbo
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So should those who made the flawed tests also be jailed, as they must be complicit too ?
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Corporate/management ultimately responsible. What sort of example would be set by prosecuting Mr No Name Average Joe in a multi billion £ company like VW ? The guys writing the software or doing the tests would be under instruction. They'd mostly be normal folk trying to make a living and fearing for their jobs.
Different scenario. The technical services guy who caused the roller coaster crash at Alton Towers didn't get fined or prosecuted yet he was the person with the safety bypass keys who released the coaster train full of people into the empty train that had stalled on a loop. He went against protocol.
They didn't go after him though as the H&S executive and prosecution were able to prove the guy felt pressurised to get the ride going again. Alton Towers/Merlin entertainment got fined £5 million, if someone had have died there may have been a corporate manslaughter charge.
I don't know the full story with the VW disaster but I'd bet that there were people being pressured into doing things they wouldn't normally do and fearing for their jobs if they didn't do it.
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hippyross
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Have you watched the documentary?
stevieturbo
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I don't have Netflix, so no.
hippyross
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Worth a watch. You can get a month free trial.
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PeteM
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VW stung 1 billion EUR by the German authorities
stevieturbo
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Government must need a few quid....VW should relocate to the UK and tell them to stuff their fine
Rocko
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See there is a lot of adverts for compensation at the minute because of the scandal. Has anyone actually got a payout, or is it another PPI type annoyance?
If i thought i would get enough to go through the hassle id do it, but dont want to bring a load of grief over something i dont particularly care about.
If i thought i would get enough to go through the hassle id do it, but dont want to bring a load of grief over something i dont particularly care about.
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It's another PPI annoyance.
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Pretty much this. I looked into it briefly and all the big law firms doing this are England, Scotland and Wales only. As NI law is different the way they're going about it can't be done here (or something like that). I'm just ignoring it now and I only had the derv for 16 months (16 long, very boring months that confirmed how much I dislike diesel) and it didn't really cost me anything so I'm not overly worried about it.
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And time for round 2 now - to everyone's shock and complete surprise hybrids and plugin hybrids get bought by fleets purely based on grants and congestion charges, and real world mpg around 40mpg rather than claimed 100+ 
When the grants were scrapped recently nearly all these models disappeared from the catalogues.
What a surprise
Subsidised plug-in cars driven on fuel
When the grants were scrapped recently nearly all these models disappeared from the catalogues.
What a surprise
Subsidised plug-in cars driven on fuel
stevieturbo
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Anyone believing they can do 130mpg in the real world needs their heads looked at ! and those making the claims need a good slap
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Has anyone been able to reverse the ea189 recall?
Ruairi83
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Autotune can. Ryan said it’s a pain in arse but can be done.
Theres a facebook group dedicated to reversal's and such - EA189 Fix Reversal Assistance (VW Diesel Emission Scandal) Forum
Awesome Autoworks in Carryduff is who I got recommended to go to. £180 for reversal and a map! Hard to bate. Some cars can't / are more difficult to reverse tho apparently. Don't know anyone who has used them tho, anyone on here recognize or know the name? Cheers.
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Spoke to Ryan, he recommended keeping the "updates" and apply a remap. That's what I took from the conversation.