A new view on car pollution

[tjh290633]

http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/intervi ... ir-quality

Amid a furious debate about air quality, Nick Molden has buckled up his belt of truth

Worth a read.

TJH

[bungeejumper]

Did anybody else find this story a bit confusing? I have this feeling that the journalist would have done better to tell the facts as they were, rather than trying to spin out some lengthy yarn about how the bloke could have been both the apotheosis of Volkswagen and also its nemesis. There was a five year time gap involved. I think we should have been told.

I will probably buy another Volkswagen one day, because they're really quite good. But not until the company has sorted out its customer relations policy, which currently seems to revolve around fudging its ethical responsibilities, while simultaneously insisting that the European public are not going to get any compensation like their US counterparts, because there's still a thin wafer of a legal defence left, so there.

What a way to run a whelk stand.

BJ

[jackdaww]

honda have stopped offering diesel for the CRV.

[redsturgeon]

honda have stopped offering diesel for the CRV.

I seem to remember that Honda were never great fans of diesel and were very late to the party.

John

[swill453]

Have VW come out with a petrol Passat? I know you can get a hybrid, but everything else seems to be diesel.

Scott.

[redsturgeon]

Have VW come out with a petrol Passat? I know you can get a hybrid, but everything else seems to be diesel.

Scott.

There is a 1.4, 1.8 or 2.0 TSi petrol Passat.

John

[jackdaww]

Scott.

There is a 1.4, 1.8 or 2.0 TSi petrol Passat.

John

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many of the new petrols are turbo .

my nissan qashqai 1.2 engine (from the french , renault clio etc ) has plenty of power for its size, but sadly is due its third trip to the garage to have a leaking oil seal fixed . it also clatters badly when cold and sometimes when hot .

i'm hoping the honda 1.5 petrol turbo will be better .

[jackdaww]

my nissan qashqai with its 1.2 turbo engine is now on its third trip to the garage to have a leaking oil seal fixed .

it turns out there are two leaking seals , needing engine removal to fix .

so what should have been a 2 day job looks like being 4 days at least .

to add insult the deputy car is a manual juke - i can hardly drive manuals now after 40+ years on automatics .

the clattering noise when cold is getting worse , i have no confidence it will last 5 years if that .

i will probably migrate to a honda HRV which is due out later this year , or the mitsubishi eclipse , another 1.5 turbo which also comes with the CVT automatic.