VW emissions payout

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I think the owners of the VW's should have actually been fined instead and the money donated to the people that had to inhale the nasty NOx such as pedestrians, cyclists and cars behind VW's.

And the government should be compensated for lost tax on fuel revenue that they would have earned if the cars were actually tuned as they should and consuming more diesel.

VW owners have got a lot to answer for.

diystarter7

OP
I'm with you as the car you bought turned out not to be as described.
I'm seeking more info re dads Mercedes before I join any outfit to make a claim. This site has a good write-up on it.

I agree that 1700 pounds on a car you paid 24k for and what others in another country got paid does not seem to be fair.

atw1979

400ixl and boobyd what do you mean by no losses. So have you driven my car since the so called fix. Loss in MPG constant engine management lights on the dash and numerous visits to garages to get them cleared. 

atw1979

shezza2 said:

Not to sure why people are wanting to complain about their car passing an MOT!!! 

I take it you must have owned a VW and not had problems since the engine fix

atw1979

[Deleted User] said:

I think the owners of the VW's should have actually been fined instead and the money donated to the people that had to inhale the nasty NOx such as pedestrians, cyclists and cars behind VW's.

And the government should be compensated for lost tax on fuel revenue that they would have earned if the cars were actually tuned as they should and consuming more diesel.

VW owners have got a lot to answer for.

So that’s the whole point in the claim. We have been miss sold. When you buy something you expect it to work within the set guidelines set by the manufacturer 

atw1979

boobyd said:

atw1979 said:

I was told it was a significant amount to find out it was only £1700. 

Amazing,you got £1700 for nothing,nil,zilch and your are complaing.Thought of working for the ambulance chasers you will fit in well

Ambulance chasers???? So having to pay for the increase fuel the car now uses. Having to make trips to garages to get engine management lights and warnings cleared. You obviously don’t know what your talking about. 

[Deleted User]

Would have been better if they did a buy back on the cars. Still, £1,700 should allow you to sell it at diminished value and get something better. The ID models are pretty good.

Grey_Critic

Vehicles in the UK were not sold as in the USA on the basis of emissions.  It is probably cheaper for VW to make this offer than fight it, there was no guarantee of the outcome of any legal action if it ever actually got into court, and is a good marketing ploy.

But as for ** So having to pay for the increase fuel the car now uses. Having to make trips to garages to get engine management lights and warnings cleared.** you obviously do not think that happens anyway.

Rogue warning lights are and always have been a problem. I had one customer who managed to turn one on every day. As for increased fuel consumption engine management systems are tweaked on a regular basis to ensure the vehicle runs with maximum efficiency and that in itself can mean increased fuel consumption. That of course ignores modern driving conditions and the changes in fuels E10 for example.

Most people signed up to this as they *thought* they might make some money. £1,700 is better than nothing.

ontheroad1970

[Deleted User] said:

Would have been better if they did a buy back on the cars. Still, £1,700 should allow you to sell it at diminished value and get something better. The ID models are pretty good.

Ridiculous, you mean.  There is more avarice than genuine losses.

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atw1979 said:

[Deleted User] said:

I think the owners of the VW's should have actually been fined instead and the money donated to the people that had to inhale the nasty NOx such as pedestrians, cyclists and cars behind VW's.

And the government should be compensated for lost tax on fuel revenue that they would have earned if the cars were actually tuned as they should and consuming more diesel.

VW owners have got a lot to answer for.

So that’s the whole point in the claim. We have been miss sold. When you buy something you expect it to work within the set guidelines set by the manufacturer 

You didn’t notice or care when your car was knocking out twice as much NOx and contributing to over 30,000 deaths per year. 

You should be grateful that independent testing revealed the problem and the tweaks done to the engine management are now reducing your contributions to those deaths by half. 

Independent testing revealed up to 3 mpg reduction after the fix which costs about £10 per 1000 miles at current fuel prices. 

That is a small price to pay to know you are now contributing half as much NOx towards the 30,000 deaths. 

So VW owners doing 12k miles per year were saving £120 a year whilst spewing out twice as much NOx so you were saving money during the time you were contributing to more deaths. 

You haven’t lost anything financially but the families of those that die through NOx emissions have and they should be compensated, not VW owners. 

I find it selfish that you are complaining now your NOx has been halved, you should be delighted. Some VW owners refused to have the adjustment made and are still pumping out double NOx and getting the fuel savings and killing people and getting free money.