# VW.... bugging you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 22, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vw-bugging-you/732216 "2015-09-22T16:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vw-bugging-you/732216/81 "2015-09-30T02:16:00Z")
We call them Germans! ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vw-bugging-you/732216/82 "2015-09-30T21:54:28Z")
And. . . . VW is not alone. It turns out that many, perhaps all, of the European auto companies do something similar, although the way they do it may be different. > [@](#): > > ## The difference between European vehicles’ fuel-economy and emissions figures and real-world driving results is about 40 percent, Bloomberg says, citing a report from Brussels-based Transport & Environment. > > This new study came from data taken from about 600,000 cars. That’s a lot of funky air floating over Rome. The overstatements were pretty widespread, too. The fuel-economy of the BMW 5 Series was overstated by almost 50 percent, as was the Peugeot 308’s. [http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/european-automakers-overstate-fuel-economy-by-40percent/ar-AAeXn28?li=BBgzzfc](http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/european-automakers-overstate-fuel-economy-by-40percent/ar-AAeXn28?li=BBgzzfc) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vw-bugging-you/732216/83 "2015-10-01T14:58:29Z")
What a shocking surprise – the VW emissions scandal allows Portlander to leave passive-aggressive notes to prove his superiority. > **[That Angry Wise-Ass Portland Note Left On A VW Diesel Was Unfortunately Real](https://jalopnik.com/that-angry-wise-ass-portland-note-left-on-a-vw-diesel-w-1733700671)** > > Yesterday we got a tip about a note reportedly left on a Volkswagen Jetta TDI from a wise-ass Portland resident, informing the owner about his cute, deadly, Fascist car. And guess what? It’s real. Unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vw-bugging-you/732216/84 "2015-10-01T15:59:24Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > What a shocking surprise – the VW emissions scandal allows Portlander to leave passive-aggressive notes to prove his superiority. > > [That Angry Wise-Ass Portland Note Left On A VW Diesel Was Unfortunately Real](http://jalopnik.com/that-angry-wise-ass-portland-note-left-on-a-vw-diesel-w-1733700671) I was waiting for someone to modify one of the signs ‘parking for zero or low emissions vehicles’ with a ‘VW clean diesels prohibited’ sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vw-bugging-you/732216/85 "2015-10-01T16:29:43Z")
> [@Strassia](#): > > Two things: > > 1. I would expect you would have a hard time getting a DMV registration on one of these cars right now, so a quick purchase would get you a car you couldn’t legally drive. That’s a shoe that I have not (yet) seen drop… and with private sales and resales and auction sales and even salvage title rebuilds… I’ve been looking for references and articles indicating that used diesel VWs recently purchased, or rebuilt and put on the road, are being refused inspection stickers and registrations for the time being. I don’t remember anything really happening to AUDI in the 80s during the “sudden acceleration” event except that the resale value of all their AUDI 5000 models dropped in price significantly (and a few college friends picked up nice cars for a bargain). I know times have changed, and if this is how this event in 2015 is going to be handled, people sure do need to know about it. So… if you’ve seen any article (maybe one that I’ve missed…?) indicating a hold on all VW Diesel inspection stickers or new registrations on used VW Diesel cars, or even any “VW diesel? Well, No Registration for You!” pissey DOT window responses, could you please post a link to it here for us to all see? [Thank You!!!](http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/you-can-still-register-and-sell-your-volkswagen-diesel-for-now)😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vw-bugging-you/732216.md?page=4)