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As I understood the cheating, it was just skipping exhaust warmup during tests since the car was to be turned off at the start after driving it warm. Did it acc

As I understood the cheating, it was just skipping exhaust warmup during tests since the car was to be turned off at the start after driving it warm. Did it acctually have any effect overall?

Shivetya 6y ago
It is explained in the article, they developed software that knew when it was being tested and then changed its tuning to meet the testing requirements, tuning that would never have provided the performance and characteristics owners expected when driving the vehicle. Those in charge knew it was being done and approved it. Hence the broke the law and off to jail. I lost my TDI because of this fraud as VW wasn't going to have an acceptable correction available and while I could have kept it outside of others who just enjoyed TDI my ability to sell it later would have resulted in vastly reduced value.
smichel17 6y ago
> skipping exhaust warmup during tests Total aside, this is something that bothers me about my dishwasher. It has all the certifications for energy and water efficiency, but "for best results" the manual also recommends getting the water hot beforehand, by running the hot water in the sink. I wonder if the energy and water rating would still be as good if the dishwasher did that itself.
- zhte415 6y ago
  I have a dishwasher. My hands. Quite effective. Running water, sponge and soap. Takes less than 5 minutes. For hot water have a 180L solar water heater on the roof. Never paid for hot water since. It even works in freezing winters, -20C. I also have an awesome dryer that's lasted over 10 years. It's a thin rope across my balcony accompanied by some wooden pegs. Does the job every time. When it rains, have a rack.
  - valuearb 6y ago
    I have a bidet, I pull my pants down and hunch over a sprinkler in my front yard. My neighbors hate it though, whenever I’m using it they yell at me and say that I’m just as much of an attention whore as zhte415.
  - vikramkr 6y ago
    Hand washing is effective, but not efficient. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-use/ https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-us... You are using more water than a dishwasher would.
    - solinent 6y ago
      Also, the dishwasher is very effective at disinfecting since it uses steam.

As I understood the cheating, it was just skipping exhaust warmup during tests since the car was to be turned off at the start after driving it warm. Did it acctually have any effect overall?

Shivetya 6y ago

It is explained in the article, they developed software that knew when it was being tested and then changed its tuning to meet the testing requirements, tuning that would never have provided the performance and characteristics owners expected when driving the vehicle. Those in charge knew it was being done and approved it. Hence the broke the law and off to jail. I lost my TDI because of this fraud as VW wasn't going to have an acceptable correction available and while I could have kept it outside of others who just enjoyed TDI my ability to sell it later would have resulted in vastly reduced value.

smichel17 6y ago

> skipping exhaust warmup during tests Total aside, this is something that bothers me about my dishwasher. It has all the certifications for energy and water efficiency, but "for best results" the manual also recommends getting the water hot beforehand, by running the hot water in the sink. I wonder if the energy and water rating would still be as good if the dishwasher did that itself.

zhte415 6y ago
I have a dishwasher. My hands. Quite effective. Running water, sponge and soap. Takes less than 5 minutes. For hot water have a 180L solar water heater on the roof. Never paid for hot water since. It even works in freezing winters, -20C. I also have an awesome dryer that's lasted over 10 years. It's a thin rope across my balcony accompanied by some wooden pegs. Does the job every time. When it rains, have a rack.
- valuearb 6y ago
  I have a bidet, I pull my pants down and hunch over a sprinkler in my front yard. My neighbors hate it though, whenever I’m using it they yell at me and say that I’m just as much of an attention whore as zhte415.
- vikramkr 6y ago
  Hand washing is effective, but not efficient. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-use/ https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-much-water-do-dishwashers-us... You are using more water than a dishwasher would.
  - solinent 6y ago
    Also, the dishwasher is very effective at disinfecting since it uses steam.