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Originally Posted by Table 5
If i owned a TDI, I'm not sure I'd really want to take it in for any "fix". You just know that fix will be the cheapest solution the manufacturer can do to get the car in line with environmental regulations....at the expense of power and mileage. In the end you'll get a car that will probably be a castrated version of itself. No thanks. For these cars to run properly and still be clean, they need Urea systems, but Im not sure it's possible to retrofit these cars.
If I was an owner, I'd rather get cash to cover the depreciation of my car, the premium I paid for the diesel version over gas in the first place, and some extra cash restitution for the trouble of it all.
What really hurts for VW about this is the people who buy the Diesels tend to be the hardcore VW fans. They basically screwed over their biggest champions.
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It is a pretty hard sell to get vw owners to come in and voluntarily detune their car. I'm sure the EPA will want to ensure the solution is enforced on existing cars. Probably through state registration systems, and they'll probably want VW to pay the bill to get that in place.