Edward Teach
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PM SentMorning Premmington,
My suggestion of 1/5 was a guesstimate and nothing more. Think we would all be surprised if we knew the actual number. Performance tuned cars with delete pipes from relatively new etc etc.
The GDI cars run GPF or OPF to catch particulate along with NOX catalysts. Anyone who thinks DPF are expensive to replace will be pleased to know how much GPF and NOX cats are with associated sensors! For instance: The Mercedes diesel NOX sensors have a problem and can only be replaced with genuine items along with a software update. Cost can be up to £1200 depending on part numbers required etc.
We are seeing three cylinder vehicles with lower capacity that are ‘sold’ as efficient yet suffer a magnitude of technical complexities that cost a fortune to rectify........ far more than any efficiency/fuel saving and are significantly contributing to landfill/pollution as there’s generally no exchange process so it just gets ‘skipped’. I’m no tree hugger but realise we all need to do our bit, however small.
Frustrates me when I see all too many cars coming in with ‘work around’s’ that generally don’t work as intended but tick a box ie extinguish a warning lamp. At the detriment to society/environment
Edward Teach,
I genuinely don’t understand what you are intimating? I realise diesels will be a thing of the past in 10 - 20 years time but advocating or turning a blind eye to emissions responsibility ie removal of DPF or catalyst etc is fundamentally wrong today or when we look back on it in years to come.
If I’ve missed the point one more time: please do PM me with a de-coded version just for me.
Have a good day Gents
