SWBoy

I've already posted the link on here, go find it.

Damn calculators

Awdry (author of Thomas the Tank Engine)

Sounds like the battery management has disabled most circuits due to the battery being flat. You'll need to recharge the battery (using a charger suitable for AGM/EFB batteries). You'll probably find once you've done that the battery management module will have stored several fault codes saying which systems it has turned off which may also have caused other modules to store fault codes - just clear them all and hope the deep discharge hasn't harmed the battery.

Which many car manufacturers are doing under WLTP, but this time to INCREASE the emissions so that it's much easier for them to meet the next reduction of 15% in a few years time. I think it's impossible to trust any data from the car manufacturers or measured using methods the car manufacturers have a significant say in (i.e. all emissions and fuel consumption measurements including WLTP).

Thomas (Thomas Day Motors formerly in Fleet, Hampshire)

Explain this then: On the B7 RS4 (4.2 V8 TSi BNS 420PS) the emissions were 324g/km and the fuel consumption 21mpg - but on the B8 RS4 (with a tweaked BNS producing 450PS) the emissions were 249g/km and the fuel consumption 26mpg. That's 23% LOWER emissions but only 9% LOWER fuel consumption. 23% is significantly different from 9%...

American (center is the US spelling, centre is the UK spelling)

So combine those two thoughts... lower emissions sells more cars and they care about sales - so they care about lower emissions figures as that is root cause of more sales.

Yes they are related but it's not a direct relationship so 5% better fuel consumption does not imply 5% lower CO2 (or vice versa).

Any they all care about more than just the emissions figures? I don't think so...

VW will have done the maths to see if it lowers the emission figures they have to quote, that's all they care about.

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That's a big assumption with Sparshatts, they (deservedly) don't have a good reputation in Southampton (where I used to live and where I bought my Octavia from).

Been too busy firing any manager or engineer who had anything to do with Dieselgate? VW plans wave of dismissals following diesel scandal