Posted on 04/29/2017 7:19:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Late last week, it was revealed who squealed.
The guy responsible for making it impossible for any of us to buy a diesel-powered Volkswagen henceforth — and a lot more — is Stuart Johnson, the former head of VW’s Engineering and Environmental Office in Auburn Hills, Michigan. He was outed in a book written about the VW “cheating” business by New York Times reporter Jack Ewing.
Johnson, of course, is about to get everything short of a ticker-tape parade. A bust of him will likely be cast and placed in the Hall of Mirrors — or whatever the equivalent is in the foyer of the EPA. He is already being lionized in the Usual Corners as a “hero” (that term, along with “community,” has worn out its welcome and ought to be etymologically euthanized).
You’d think he did something good. I suppose this depends on your perspective.
If you are a government bureaucrat, then Johnson is your kind of guy. The sort who is pained by the idea of any action contrary to regulation or edict. Who feels guilty when — as here — a business attempts to get around a ridiculous edict or absurd regulation.
Which are never perceived as ridiculous or absurd by people like Johnson because they come from the government, are “the law,” and therefore must not merely be obeyed but reverenced.
Such people are the new people in American business, popped out of their molds after 12 years in care of government molding centers, then sent — the smarter ones — for higher technical training. But never training in how to think conceptually, beyond the narrow range of their specialty, such as engineering. And then off to work either for the government or on its behalf in the increasingly not-private sector of the economy.
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Don’t blame the whistleblower, blame Bill Clinton’s EPA. Democrats are the root cause of what killed Diesel cars in America, and it happened in 1997.
Today at Buckee’s Diesel was $1.99. 87 Octane was $2.12.
I was responded to the post that said diesels outperformed gasoline engines in ‘power’.
The EU is backing away from their encouragement of diesels. They simply don’t offer the pollution advantages claimed for them. Look it up. Even the EU must eventually acknowledge cost-benefit analyses.
“He missed the part where the US consumer really doesn’t want diesels”
The US (car) consumer is more likely to be a ‘rat and not based in science nor in evaluating the spectrum of what is available in the market.
I’d guess that you are a Diesel bigot and have never experienced a long term TurboDiesel vehicle evaluation.
Again, nobody cares that you h8 Diesel cars. No one is making you buy one, and you should not care about those who do.
“AND TRUCKS ,, VW Audi and Porsche between them have/had 6 SUV’s (trucks) that were diesel powered.”
How many of those SUV’s were on car platforms versus truck platforms?
“I’d guess that you are a Diesel bigot ...
Again, nobody cares that you h8 Diesel cars.”
LOL! I don’t hate diesels. I am just commenting on the author’s lack of sincerity.
At altitude turbo vehicles outperform normally aspirated ones. It’s fun when my “low” hp Diesel can out perform most other cars. Much like my 4x4 Suburban could leave Porsches in the dust on a winters Day.
“Today at Buckee’s Diesel was $1.99. 87 Octane was $2.12.”
Since you can’t read the name correctly maybe you misread the price?
horsepower is horsepower, but area under the horsepower curve matters, too.
My gas SUV makes 300HP, but at 6000 RPM. I drive it at 2500 RPM. Because a Diesel has more torque at 2500 RPM, it has more Horsepower at 2500, so it has more useful power.
Sure most Diesels won't rev about 4500 RPM, so they don't make big HP numbers, but a 400HP diesel can have 2X the torque of a 400HP gas motor.
2X the torque is 2X the torque.
Just wait until gasoline has to meet near the Sulfur maximum of Diesel when it comes to “taxes”.
When you can squeeze 53mpg out of a 5 person sedan at highway speeds with a full trunk and the AC on that doesn’t rely on lithium mined from some 3rd world hell hole, I see no benefit. I’m glad mine is a “pre ban”.
And at the same rpm 2x the HP. On road high gear performance is worth much to me. Who wants auto shift “busyness”?
How many of those SUV’s were on car platforms versus truck platforms?
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You’re picking nits... They have their own platform that is not shared with a car... If you’re talking about body on frame cab and box type pickup trucks my question for you is this ... Is the Honda Ridgeline a truck since it is unibody on subframe?
Are you always a dick or just on the internet?
“You’re picking nits... They have their own platform that is not shared with a car... “
I guess you have never heard of the VW MLB platform.
“Are you always a dick or just on the internet?”
Only when one pulls a number out of the air that can’t be verified and when Buc-ee’s published prices are higher.
At altitude, TurboDiesel cars DO out perform NA gas cars.
If Armageddon ever hits and we are left to scavenge; a diesel engine car that gets good gas mileage will be worth its weight in the best food available or gold right now because diesel doesn’t go bad like gasoline does. If some kind of stabilizer isn’t added to the gas immediately it will start to go bad and within 90 days it will be worthless but diesel will still be good for years. A diesel generator will also be very valuable.
Big rigs that run on diesel won’t be any good because they use too much fuel. They will only be good for hauling large amounts of fuel over long distance which probably won’t be possible for very long for lots of reasons. Those little VW’s will be the most sought after cars around and any other that run on diesel.
At altitude, Turbo gasoline cars DO out perform diesel cars.
Way less gas turbo carz out West. They still get WAY less FE. Y(low)MMV...
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