Reply to post: Re: Did He Have An Option ???

VW engineer sent to the clink for three years for emissions-busting code

Dave 15

Re: Did He Have An Option ???

The 0-60 time is an interesting one. Because it is very common to behave for the tests in various ways, e.g. only enough fuel for the test, removal of various things to lighten the car (sometimes even seats), over revving the engine to not waste time on gear changes a normal driver (owning and not wanting to kill the car) would use, I have even heard rumour of no engine oil and so on. I could certainly imagine a situation where rev limiters are removed etc. for the above. The industry has cheated at various things for decades, no one really cares.

Following orders wasn't a defence even at Nuremburg but it would be interesting to see the trail of instruction and email that led to this...

Yes you can fire people for not doing what you tell them, companies do all the time. The question is really still, is it fraud to game the system when the system itself is so badly and obviously broken

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