I actually find this VW-Audi drama quite amusing
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I actually find this VW-Audi drama quite amusing
Such very clever software designers.
To come up with a program that recognizes when the engine is being emission tested, and then remaps the injection system to pass the emission test is actually very clever (if perhaps slightly misguided).
Not usually a conspiracy theorist; but if they're clever enough to do that; what other little tweaks can they build into the brain of the car?
I guess the next next logical step is the aftermarket parts.
Jump in your car one day; and it just refuses to start.
"You have now traveled 80,001 km, our recommended service interval for timing belts is 80,000 km. Please replace your timing belt immediately with a genuine VW belt (which includes an RFI device that will talk to the brain). Please note that cheaper aftermarket belts will not have the approved integrated RFI exclusive to VW and Apple and your car still won't go."
To come up with a program that recognizes when the engine is being emission tested, and then remaps the injection system to pass the emission test is actually very clever (if perhaps slightly misguided).
Not usually a conspiracy theorist; but if they're clever enough to do that; what other little tweaks can they build into the brain of the car?
I guess the next next logical step is the aftermarket parts.
Jump in your car one day; and it just refuses to start.
"You have now traveled 80,001 km, our recommended service interval for timing belts is 80,000 km. Please replace your timing belt immediately with a genuine VW belt (which includes an RFI device that will talk to the brain). Please note that cheaper aftermarket belts will not have the approved integrated RFI exclusive to VW and Apple and your car still won't go."
Last edited by kiwi TK; 09-23-2015 at 07:03 AM.
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Nice find Seb.
It never ceases to amaze me, that how many people have so much time on their hands, that they have nothing better to do than create a little Youtube giggle like that.
Maybe I need to win Lotto so I could do stuff like that; but I probably don't have either the computer skills or the comedic talent.
I'm probably better off just sticking with being a surveyor, although today was a particularly sh!te day.
It never ceases to amaze me, that how many people have so much time on their hands, that they have nothing better to do than create a little Youtube giggle like that.
Maybe I need to win Lotto so I could do stuff like that; but I probably don't have either the computer skills or the comedic talent.
I'm probably better off just sticking with being a surveyor, although today was a particularly sh!te day.
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