Could be worth a watch?


http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/g...ispatches/

ta - ive put it in my diary Jules

Everyone knows this is being done on a wide scale. Defeat devices are widely available on the internet and it's legal to buy them. It is questionable whether they are illegal if fitted but not in use. So will this programme push the government into some sensible legislation, or will it just encourage more unscrupulous hauliers to use them? A recent case here - but note that the operator was actually using the device: https://www.commercialfleet.org/news/truck...at-devices
and a comment from the regulators: https://www.commercialfleet.org/news/truck...ons-cheats Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Great. Any bad publicity around emissions cheating and enforcement is worthwhile Let’s not just demonise diesels, let’s hit those that wreck it for the rest of us!

Let’s have one for cars now too.

Tigger, while I agree that more focus needs to be put on the fact that so many vehicles are claiming emissions figures that are far removed from what they actually produce, I fear that all that the public will hear is another “diesels are bad” message. 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

17 hgvs left my farm on Friday loaded with food. Without diesel there is no food chain. See the chaos when KFC shut for a few days. Lets wait for a deal alternative until we demonise diesel
Same as insecticides, diesels serve humanity much more than they hurt us. At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

But the rise in petrol car sales is causing a rise in CO2 levels
Euro 6 diesels can be as clean as petrol but burn 30% less fuel !

2017 UK registrations figures published by the SMMT showed new car CO2 rose for the first time in 20 years while latest Jato Dynamics data shows average CO2 emissions in Europe increased by 0.3g/km in 2017; the first rise in 10 years


Emmision equipment is there for a reason and if removed the penalties should be severe Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

I Like Chips wrote:

Could be worth a watch?


http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/g...ispatches/

Scandal no worse than bypassing the EGR and yes I know I have I have done,but with the new coolant leak it's getting fixed this weekend

It should be fairly simple . If a Large Goods Vehicle has been fitted with any form of “ cheat “ be it emissions , tacho, or speed limiter bypass , the “ competent person “ should be stripped of their CPC for life . The operating license for the haulier should then be removed permanantly . There is no excuse , period . Operators meeting all of the regulations should not be at a disadvantage v unscrupulous outfits who lower their variable costs by operating illegally . In fact I’d even go a stage further , the drivers of the trucks are fully aware that they are operating illegally too , and if they are willing to flout the law they should face sanctions as well .,

Mart (still a National CPC holder ) 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

Are we going to follow that on to all the tractors that have had the system removed by the deals after the warrants have ran out. Have a talk to the fitters in the workshop at your local deals, may be now not so forthcoming as they used to be. Every one seam to think it fine to bypass the system on there engines

MartynB wrote:

It should be fairly simple . If a Large Goods Vehicle has been fitted with any form of “ cheat “ be it emissions , tacho, or speed limiter bypass , the “ competent person “ should be stripped of their CPC for life . The operating license for the haulier should then be removed permanantly . There is no excuse , period . Operators meeting all of the regulations should not be at a disadvantage v unscrupulous outfits who lower their variable costs by operating illegally . In fact I’d even go a stage further , the drivers of the trucks are fully aware that they are operating illegally too , and if they are willing to flout the law they should face sanctions as well .,

Mart (still a National CPC holder )