ABC101 wrote: » Yeah... I see what you mean by paying top dollar... looking on CarsIreland there is a 2010 GTD for 15.5K. Damn right you are pi**ed off.
joeysoap wrote: » Ia friend of mine got the letter few weeks ago. Was going to have it done along with service now in Feby. 1.6 Jetta automatic (second hand, previous owner needed automatic) lovely car, basically a bigger golf with a bigger boot IMO, reading this would he be better off refusing the fix? I know there's probably no set answer, but it's due an NCT later in the year and by then the fix might be mandatory. Little loss of power wouldn't affect him, nearly all motorway driving.
OSI wrote: » They already ask you to confirm the vehicle isn't modified from it's factory specification.
_Kaiser_ wrote: » It's even more ridiculous when you see what the Americans are getting in compensation for the SAME issue. But then, VW is German and no doubt contributes significantly to their tax take, Germany runs the EU, so......... As an aside though, is it ALL VW group cars sold during a given period that are affected, regardless of engine size? My A6 being an import means I'll never get a letter (thankfully it seems!) but as it's a 2010 I'm guessing it might be affected as well?
ABC101 wrote: » From the EVO website article I looked up, they state 0-60 in 7.5 seconds, 181 bhp and 45 mpg. Are you getting anywhere near those figures? Or has power gone down but your fuel efficiency increased? Unless you get proper real world verifiable / proven figures it is very hard to tell exactly, even if you know from driving the car it's characteristics have changed dramatically. Going back to VW and stating that the car is not the same because it just feels different is not going to cut the mustard. You would have to get repeatable / verifiable / proven figures for the engine's performance and have them plotted / compared to what the design parameters are supposed to be. Then you could go back to VW and state I am being cheated twice, the first time I bought the car, the second time now that the car is updated. If you are correct, sounds like you have gone from a GTD to a D.
Golfgorfield wrote: » ABC101 wrote: » Even if you got the car dyn'od before the update VW could still refuse to accept it as they would be unlikely to accept the test results of some independent tester. They would insist using their technician, on their machine at a time and place of their choosing etc In addition VW could also argue that a 7 year old car is not going to produce the same performance as a new car. Another cop out would be is that the performance drop is due to some other technical issue I.e dirty DPF or blocked manifold or faulty egr valve turbo problem or what not etc. If you want your GTD back you are going to have to spend lots more money on our spares etc. VW only fessed up when confronted by proven, verifiable, repeatable test data and only then after a prolonged period of browbeating by the relevant legal authorities who started grinding and grinding and grinding until VW broke. You have my sympathy, but if I were you I'd just move on the car quickly, or else go in with some class action law suit etcI just don't think it's worth the hassle for a 7 year old car, but that's just my opinion. Coincidentally, would you buy a VW again or change to a BMW etc? If they offered you a good trade in would you accept it for a newer one? I only got the car in November, after months of looking for a good one! 7yr old car it may be, but at 60,000 miles with a Full VWSH its a damn goof 7 year old car that i paid top dollar for. I am entitled to have the car back as i left it with the garage as per their written confirmation!
ABC101 wrote: » Even if you got the car dyn'od before the update VW could still refuse to accept it as they would be unlikely to accept the test results of some independent tester. They would insist using their technician, on their machine at a time and place of their choosing etc In addition VW could also argue that a 7 year old car is not going to produce the same performance as a new car. Another cop out would be is that the performance drop is due to some other technical issue I.e dirty DPF or blocked manifold or faulty egr valve turbo problem or what not etc. If you want your GTD back you are going to have to spend lots more money on our spares etc. VW only fessed up when confronted by proven, verifiable, repeatable test data and only then after a prolonged period of browbeating by the relevant legal authorities who started grinding and grinding and grinding until VW broke. You have my sympathy, but if I were you I'd just move on the car quickly, or else go in with some class action law suit etcI just don't think it's worth the hassle for a 7 year old car, but that's just my opinion. Coincidentally, would you buy a VW again or change to a BMW etc? If they offered you a good trade in would you accept it for a newer one?
gctest50 wrote: » VW will have to comply, they'll have to get on to the insurance companies There'll be a little ticky box on the insurance website "Is your car running offical firmware/software etc" Once they get it in writing, game over if you have it re-mapped and you crash
privateBeavis wrote: » .........They can't force everyone to update,................
Golfgorfield wrote: » My car is the 170bhp variant. My previous car was a GT 140bhp golf and my GTD now feels slower and less torquey than the old 140bhp Golf i had. I could get it Dyno'd yes but this is costly, based on VW stating in writing nothing should change then this may be my best route to go if they done resolve it in the garage.
ml100 wrote: » http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/volkswagen-emissions-scandal/8-reports-of-volkswagen-tiguans-losing-power-after-ea189-emissions-fix/ Seems to be an issue with 2.0 dsg
unkel wrote: » +1 I'd love to see some emissions / dyno tests before and after the "fix". Surely someone has done this?
Golfgorfield wrote: » Ive trawled forums far and wide and cant find anyone thats done a before and after.
BigAndyG on 5 December 2016 I had good look around on the web after my second (ignored) reminder and found someone who had actually had his car dynoed before and after the update. I too do not know why none of the motoring press or Watchdog or... haven't done this. Anyway the results are quite damning and back up a lot of what has been said here about ~1500-2500 rpm and loss of power and torque. I have graphed these plots (as best I can) and that's exactly what they seem to show. I sent them to Audi and they wouldn't engage on showing me their test data but just trotted out the old "maximum torque is not affected" line - which is true but very misleading for driveability etc.They also mention an increased EGR rate! I've put the graphs at this link:1drv.ms/b/s!AvcWk_HHJ7e2lSKCPGtHBV19b90L
Special Circumstances wrote: » Don't you reduce NOx by making a car LESS efficient rather than more efficient? You need to run richer (producing more CO2 and more particulates) to reduce less NOx? High temperatures and lean mixes are good for efficiency but produce a lot of NOx.
Golfgorfield wrote: » Given my car, a Golf GTD, prospective buyers (me included) would be more concerned the car is at its full performance, rather than worrying if its emissions are high etc. This is my gripe, i saved hard for years to buy a GTD, found a great one and bought it based on its driving experience, now thats been taken away completely!
unkel wrote: » +1 You can only get NOx down if you make the car more efficient and / or less powerful. I'd love to see some emissions / dyno tests before and after the "fix". Surely someone has done this?
ABC101 wrote: » I agree, and I also agree that new designs / approaches have been undertaken in improving efficiencies, ie. Variable vane turbo's, direct injection, VVTi, stroke / bore ratio, different combustion cycles the list goes on and on etc. But these improvements in efficiency tend to be more incremental, 2% here, 5% here, 10% there etc. But a 100% increase in power (i.e. a typical 2lt 150 bhp, vrs a 2lt 300bhp) with a corresponding 30% or 40% drop in emissions is just too good to be true if you ask me. Some manufacturers have lied about emissions, but they were also lying about fuel consumption, how many posters on boards have stated ... my car is stated to give X mpg, but the best I'm getting is 75% of X at best. We both know very little in life is something for free. Most designs are a trade off / compromise to get a improvement in one area for a decrease in another. If that was the case all manufacturers would just dump their current designs and follow the example of VW. Maybe a 80% increase in power for the same emissions could be possible with new technologies vrs and older design. But even if you had a engine which was 100% efficient you are still limited by stoichiometric parameters and a 1 lt of fuel contains x amount of energy. Its not as if a liter of petrol in a VW fuel tank suddenly has 2X the energy amount vrs a liter of petrol in a Ford fuel tank. As for the OP, whether to get the update reversed it depends really. If the update improves the emissions then it could make the car slightly more sellable, saying it has been sorted by VW and all compliant. The majority of car owners just drive from A to B, not really interested in a 10% increase in performance. If in the near future the NCT change their testing and start looking for NOx and particulate matter then you might be best off going with the update.
KCross wrote: » This was one statement that I never understood from VW and always felt they were further covering up. If there truly was no difference in power to make the emissions clean why put the defeat device in there in the first place!? It seemed inevitable to me that the power would reduce after the fix, particularly for higher powered models.
colm_mcm wrote: » ABC101 wrote: » Good question indeed. However they lied to the regulators about the emission levels. Now they are lying again... to the owners about the performance level of the car after the fix / update. I never could understand how a 2lt Golf R can produce almost 300bhp and yet have less emissions than most other 2lt petrol cars, road tax around 590 euro. For example a petrol 2.5lt 4 cylinder Subaru Outback has a road tax of 1200 euro / year... but it is a modern engine producing about 165 bhp. The only way you can produce more power... is burning more fuel... which means more emissions. A fact most regulators don't seem to be able to understand. Efficiency comes into it too though. Power and fuel consumption aren't directly related.
ABC101 wrote: » Good question indeed. However they lied to the regulators about the emission levels. Now they are lying again... to the owners about the performance level of the car after the fix / update. I never could understand how a 2lt Golf R can produce almost 300bhp and yet have less emissions than most other 2lt petrol cars, road tax around 590 euro. For example a petrol 2.5lt 4 cylinder Subaru Outback has a road tax of 1200 euro / year... but it is a modern engine producing about 165 bhp. The only way you can produce more power... is burning more fuel... which means more emissions. A fact most regulators don't seem to be able to understand.
0lddog wrote: » Also, diesel engines are thermodynamically inherently more efficient than petrol engines
colm_mcm wrote: » Efficiency comes into it too though. Power and fuel consumption aren't directly related.
