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  1. Today I was overtaken for the first time (that I have noticed anyway) by an electric car. I was doing about 30 in a 30 speed limit when a BMW electric hatch came past at a rate of knots (or amps). I assume he was not suffering any range anxiety!
  2. Ah! The old salesman's handshake routine! Not so long ago a fine Austrian gent name Dietrich Matashiz (sorry if misspelled) had a discussion with Medcedes Mototsport Excecutive Chairman Niki Lauda about an engine supply for his F1 team, Red Bull Racing. They shook hands on a deal and Red Bull had sucured a Mercedes engine supply. Except that they had not. The handshake was worthless and the 'deal' was nixed by the 'Brains Trust' back at Mercedes head office. Regarding the dealers doing the fix, unfortunately I think it has been clear for some time that VAG would have to 'fix' any cars that they wanted to sell. Buying a used VAG Euro 5 car is now a bit of an unknown quantity since even if the 'fix' did not cause any initial problems, who knows how long the engines will last without developing VFS (Volkswagen Fix Syndrome!). I'm not saying that they all will go wrong but from what we have seen reported by the press and social media some may. One word in defence of Trust Stourbridge, their VW branch recently serviced my car and were happy for me to sign a paper to say that I did not want to have the fix applied and were true to their word. So they only apply the fix if they have to whether to satisfy the regulators, the customers who ask for it and their own rules if selling the car but are OK to leave customers cars well alone if that is the customer's wish.
  3. Thanks - thats very interesting esp the fact that the Seats are Skodas!
  4. Geography question. Will the Karoq replace the Yeti on the production line in the Czech republic? I believe that the Kodiak is produced in China. And while I'm at it whereeis the Seat Ateca assembled? Personally i think this Globalisation lark is not all its cracked up to be and i would not have a Chinese car without waiting to see if the quality stacks up against EU production!
  5. Then they might make a three wheel version in homage to Reliant and call it the Koq Robin :-)
  6. This is quite interesting - a review of the evidence with IMO some proper statistical rigour https://medium.com/wintoncentre/does-air-pollution-kill-40-000-each-year-people-in-the-uk-ecca96fb3a1a
  7. I have argued previously that the 'premature deaths' figures are not useful unless SMRs (Standardised Mortality ratios) are quoted. Even then, when the Francis Enquiry into "excess deaths" at Mids Saffs NHS Trust looked into this, the topic of interpreting the SMR information was argued at length for several days. Experts From the Trust, The Primary Care Trust, the Strategic Heallth Authority, the Dept of Health, Dr Fosters (the company that compiled the data) and even Professor Jarman, an Expert in the use of SMRs gave evidence. I think it fair to say that no firm consensus was reached on the matter of interpretation apart that to say that there should have been more notice taken of the statistics from Dr Fosters'. Note: I spent a long time reading the many days of transcripts as I knew some of the people interrogated - There but for the grace of god etc!
  8. I have not signed up for a compo claim and do not intend to. However, were the government to force VW to pay compo to owners I would gladly accept it. Trouble with the claims is that if based on used car values being lower than expected the case could fall apart if used deisel car values fall across all makes due to government policy on emissions, taxation, low emission zones, scrappage and general anti-diesel scaremongering. If values fall across the board, VAG will be able to say that as all diesel values have fallen substantially, the component attributable to VAG actions is negligable and if accepted, the case would be lost. A different action dealing specifically with the 'emissions fix' might have more chance of success but will face the argument that a "small" proportion of cars had pre-existing faults and had failed coincidentally after the fix. Even that could be hard to prove. Without Government on our side the consumers are not in a strong position unlike those in the USA.
  9. As far as we know the Transport select committee is only looking at establishing the facts of the 'cheating' by VAG and the loosely related proposition that perhaps owners should be compensated for 'loss of value'. I doubt if they are discussing whether or not the 'emissions fix' is not actually damaging engines as some claim. The committe probably SHOULD examine this aspect of the 'remedial process' and that would mean taking in evidence from consumers. Having to talk to 'real people' some of whom might be their constituants is something the committee might be less keen to do so maybe the petition which is specifically about the 'fix' and not the cheating will at least suggest that investigation would be in consumers interests. The petition is better than nothing though well over one million signing a recent one is unlikely to have US President Donald Trump banned from the UK. Petitions do make people feel better which is the one definitely poitive outcome. I'm not directly affected as I declined to have the fix implemented when I had my car serviced last week.
  10. If anyone is interested, Becxstar over on Honest John's forum has set up a UK parliament petition related to the issues surrounding the 'fix'. I've just signed up. He says..... Help ensure Volkswagen service action is not damaging vehicles petition.parliament.uk/petitions/183092
  11. I am beginning to wonder if the UK Government's latest pronouncement on the low Emissions Zone proposals will affect the raft of legal claims against VW on the basis of VW diesel car values having dropped. VW might now be able to argue that any drop in value is due to UK government policy in getting diesels off the road. The claims might be better to target at least in part the issue of the 'fix' damaging the cars which should be easier to prove. Teresa May could have scuppered the chances of the compo claimers! For the record, I'm not a claimer at the moment though I don't relish the prospect of trying to sell my car!
  12. Good journalism for a change. I particularly liked "Volkswagen's Swedish arm said it was surprised by the result" to quote Mandy Rice Davis, "they would say that wouldn't they"
  13. A couple of months back I spent a happy half hour in a Costa (other coffee brands are available) on the Edgware Road and killed the time watching cars at the traffic lights. My empirical observation was that nearly 50% of the cars in central london are Toyota Prius and quite a few larger hybrids were evident too. Having a zero rating on the congestion zone seems to have partly banished deisels already. There were a fair number of Ferarris too by the way.
  14. I suspect that the majority of potential car buyers do not realise that VAG own Skoda. When the scandal broke they may have seen stories about the companies involved but will probably only remember it as a "Volkswagen" problem! There there are times when this brand diversity has advantages and it seems unikely in the present circumstances that the Skoda dealers are going to give the game away. It would be interesting to know just how high the proportion of blissful ignorance is. !00% of readers on this forum know but only a small proportion of car buyers are here.
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