Does anyone in CC land work for an MOT garage?
- Thread starter Saluki
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subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Skoda Octavia 51 plate EGR valve £ 50 fitted 1 hr labour , diagnosing the fault took a day - because the electronics were seeing it as functioning. it was only the technician looking at the thing and seeing it blocked shut and going aaah .
never trust the OBDII
Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
- Location
- Back up north
10 plate - so a newer version?
Did a bit of looking up first and the price I paid seemed reasonable - and it worked fine after they changed it. Have no reason to doubt the garage.
Did a bit of looking up first and the price I paid seemed reasonable - and it worked fine after they changed it. Have no reason to doubt the garage.
classic33
Leg End Member
Thought that was GM?
Levo-Lon
Guru
same thing..groupe ..saab wouldn't tow the line..
made some very good cars over the years..shame they needed GM to survive..still died in the end
classic33
Leg End Member
I blame Saluki, got me looking into the demise of Saab.
RichardB
Slightly retro
- Location
- West Wales
[QUOTE 4105853, member: 9609"]Diesel engines are becoming stupidly complex, I read recently the new Scania euro6 engine has quarter of a ton of anti pollution technology attached to it,[/QUOTE]
Wow. And most people report that diesels are getting less economical with all the emissions stuff. So they are throwing out less pollution per litre burned, but they are burning more litres. Back to square one.
Wow. And most people report that diesels are getting less economical with all the emissions stuff. So they are throwing out less pollution per litre burned, but they are burning more litres. Back to square one.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Yep. Imagine going jogging with a bag over your head and a sock in your mouth - it ain't going to help your efficiency or performance.
It's been a decade or more heading up a developmental dead end, when the investment might have been better served trying to understand the combustion process better and developing engines that are fundamentally more efficient.
It's been a decade or more heading up a developmental dead end, when the investment might have been better served trying to understand the combustion process better and developing engines that are fundamentally more efficient.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
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- One of the 'Elite'
Like this one
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0uPmrSRM7w&feature=player_detailpage
Lets hope it goes into production.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
yebbut how do you make your hydrogen ? Dare I say by burning coal. Hydrogen, in this context isn't a fuel, it's a way of transporting energy from a power station to a vehicle. It is pretty moot that it'd be any better environmentally than burning the fuel at the point of use instead - not plutonium or coal I guess.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Indeed. Hydrogen and electric, the current state of affairs, is simply moving the problem from tailpipe to power station. Add in the environmental cost of building such vehicles over conventional cars and it becomes a developmental dead end at least for now.
The biggest improvement in car emissions would be a cultural change where it isn't acceptable to drive children a mile to school, or drive to the corner shop for a paper. All society is doing is raising another generation of largely lazy and needlessly car dependent people, who would only go on to use electric and hydrogen cars to such a selfish degree.
I have never driven a child to school and was never driven in my life. I live 0.27 miles from the school gate, yet people down my street drive there and back twice a day. Stopping this sort of selfish behaviour will do far more for air quality than DPFs or Cats ever will.
The biggest improvement in car emissions would be a cultural change where it isn't acceptable to drive children a mile to school, or drive to the corner shop for a paper. All society is doing is raising another generation of largely lazy and needlessly car dependent people, who would only go on to use electric and hydrogen cars to such a selfish degree.
I have never driven a child to school and was never driven in my life. I live 0.27 miles from the school gate, yet people down my street drive there and back twice a day. Stopping this sort of selfish behaviour will do far more for air quality than DPFs or Cats ever will.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Spot on !
Another thing is that these days people travel far further to work that they (we) used to. Moving is expensive, jobs are not long term, so the long commute, however costly (cash and time and environment) we still end up doing it. I spent the last 5 years cycle commuting in Bristol - brilliant - sometimes didn't use the car for a fortnight. Now I work in Slough so have a 100 miles each way (stay up there mid-week) - but it's short term (and Slough versus Bristol) so I won't be moving -so now I'm once again part of the problem. Dunno what the answer is really. Better telecomms has somewhat reduced the need to travel as much, but conversely, people do choose to live out the in a village and do 40 mile commutes, then justify all the travel and bemoan the price of petrol because people in the country need to travel further - just like I do working away from home (I don't moan about it, but still do it)
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
