CliveW
Tour Winner
I've just received a cold call asking if I've ever had a mis-sold GTI. :lol:
VW Compensation
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Robster59
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It works better as a mis-sold TDi
drdel
Tour Rookie
An issue whipped up beyond anything sensible by the media.
Presumably all these VW owners have been driving their cars happy with the performance otherwise they would have been to the dealers complaining. Since they have complained in their droves about poor performance I can't see how a technical issue coming go light affects their enjoyment of their car.
Some will use it just as an excuse in the hope of getting a wad of cash! Since the only people who will end up paying is the company's customers it a pretty circular deal.
The managers who are responsible clearly need to be held accountable and the fact their boss is leaving with about £28m seems a bit wrong to me.
Presumably all these VW owners have been driving their cars happy with the performance otherwise they would have been to the dealers complaining. Since they have complained in their droves about poor performance I can't see how a technical issue coming go light affects their enjoyment of their car.
Some will use it just as an excuse in the hope of getting a wad of cash! Since the only people who will end up paying is the company's customers it a pretty circular deal.
The managers who are responsible clearly need to be held accountable and the fact their boss is leaving with about £28m seems a bit wrong to me.
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Deleted member 15344
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It's the current apparent social attitude of trying to get something for nothing
Ambulance chasing as well
Were there's blame there is a claim etc
I had in total 64 calls after I have a car accident - all wanting to know if I wanted to claim injury expense and to sue the insurance company for stress etc - I was sat in my front room as a white van reversed into me !!?!
It's ridiculous the amount of cold calling and people looking to make a claim on anything
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Deleted member 1740
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Haha I think you've missed the joke!!
SteveJay
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Agree, but the stakes may change if company car users suddenly get a backdated tax demand as their VW was never in the stated emissions range so a higher tax payment was due.
Will affect a lot where I work as VWs were attractive, being low in emissions, so cheaper from a tax perspective.
Glad, at least for now, that mine is a BMW
Will affect a lot where I work as VWs were attractive, being low in emissions, so cheaper from a tax perspective.
Glad, at least for now, that mine is a BMW
Agree, but the stakes may change if company car users suddenly get a backdated tax demand as their VW was never in the stated emissions range so a higher tax payment was due.
Will affect a lot where I work as VWs were attractive, being low in emissions, so cheaper from a tax perspective.
Glad, at least for now, that mine is a BMW
Surely HMRC won't do that. Surely not the driver's fault as they would have filed on the information they had
richart
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SteveJay
Head Pro
Hopefully, but you never know with the Government.......may see it as an easy win in these times of austerity! Agree there would be uproar and the claims against VW would most likely bankrupt the company.
Agree, but the stakes may change if company car users suddenly get a backdated tax demand as their VW was never in the stated emissions range so a higher tax payment was due.
Will affect a lot where I work as VWs were attractive, being low in emissions, so cheaper from a tax perspective.
Glad, at least for now, that mine is a BMW
We have 100+ VW/Audi drivers, and we're a small company. I can well imagine that the govt, knowing there's a huge hole in the country's finances, rubbing it's hands with glee. And it would be a legitimate claim for back tax. Imagine, for a company the size I work for, has 100 drivers who owe £10/mth for the last 7 yrs... £84,000 from the drivers from a small company.
I'll be very surprised if they don't. The vehicle is the responsibility of the driver. And then its up to the drivers to get that out of VW.
gregers
Head Pro
which would then mean your drivers seeking legal advice as they have chosen a vehicle based on advertising claiming low emissions.
think this is going to rumble on for a long time yet.
as posts above,cant see vw being such a huge conglomerate in the end.punters will lose confidence in the firm and no doubt they will suffer.
think theres going to be a glut of very cheap or at least cheaper vws(plus other brands)finding there way onto the 2nd hand market which for the end user you really couldnt give a stuff will be a bonus.
SteveJay
Head Pro
Have to say I agree Hobbit. The government may see it easier to pursue that route than fining VW. The impact would be massive as VW would be flooded with compensation claims.........firms would no doubt be set up to handle it just as they do for PPI!
I work for a national company, suspect we have maybe several thousand VW company car drivers, so this is gonna run and run, assuming they do find wrong doing beyond the models already identified in the US.
I work for a national company, suspect we have maybe several thousand VW company car drivers, so this is gonna run and run, assuming they do find wrong doing beyond the models already identified in the US.
drdel
Tour Rookie
Any car over 3 years old will have had a UK MOT, the cars have passed so met the criteria set by UK; so there's no question of the Government being able to claim anything.
The software in question only modifies the engine while testing in a lab on a rolling road.
the whole thing has gone stupid based on sensationalistic stories,
The software in question only modifies the engine while testing in a lab on a rolling road.
the whole thing has gone stupid based on sensationalistic stories,
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
According to info coming out of whats known so far the "defeat devices" sense "test conditions" so basicslly the car being on a rolling road, just like in an MOT scenario, and run on lower power across the system. So an MOTon a rolling road wherd test conditions have been detected will activate the device and give a low emmission reading, passing the test.
That is assuming the info being released is correct regarding how the devices work.
CliveW
Tour Winner
The only part of an MOT test on a rolling road is the brake test whereby the rollers run the wheels and not the engine. The emission test is done with the car's wheels stationary and a sensor inserted into the exhaust pipe. I don't see how this can be detected by any sensor on the engine.
Jimaroid
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The MOT emissions test is easy to detect, warm engine running off load (gearbox is in neutral) at 2500 - 3000 RPM followed by a second test of engine idling.
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Deleted member 18645
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Hey it's always worth putting in a claim. Where there's smoke ..... there's a VW's exhaust.
SteveJay
Head Pro
but most company cars will be under 3 years, as that's the usual term, old so won't have gone through an MOT.
