There are only three types of people in this world. Those that can count, and those that can't!
looks like we need to add car brands to "No politics, religion and sport".
Why on the first day God created Holden and then.............................................. ...... made Mazda BT50's for people he wanted to torture...........................the end
And for those especially naughty / nasty people he created "European vehicles" which are a special kind of hell all their own
Last edited by mikee; 29-09-2018 at 04:00 PM.
Trust the dog.........................................ALWAYS Trust the dog!!
Its fairly well known among petrolheads that many car manufacturers (especially the European ones) have been gaming the standard emissions and fuel economy tests for years, optimising engine mapping etc to recognise the test cycle and give a much better test result than owners will ever be likely to achieve on the road. VW just took it a step too far, crossed some blurry line from bending the rules to breaking them, and got caught.
The Japanese manufacturers don't seem to game the tests the same for whatever reason (maybe they're just more honest), their official figures usually seem much closer to what people see in the real world. I saw an interesting comparison between official test figures and real-world (collated from a bunch of owners) for the VW Golf R and Impreza STI (which have similar power and weight etc). From memory the Golf claimed about 40mpg average and did 27, the Subaru claimed 28 and did 26.
How about a Nissan Stx ? Thoughts please? Anyone have one
Nil durum volenti !!
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds
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