Greenpeace protesters have stormed ship delivering Volkswagen diesel cars in an attempt to block it from unloading its precious vehicular cargo. The ship, Elbe Highway, a 23,000-tonne ship vessel was boarded by activists at around 9AM this morning at Sheerness port in…
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Greenpeace protesters storm ship delivering Volkswagen diesel cars to UK
Tagged with: EA189, Elbe Highway, emissions, Greenpeace, Kent, Sheerness port, Volkswagen, VW
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Posted in vw protest
New emissions test gets tough on new cars
From this month (September 2017), every new car model destined for UK showrooms will undergo a new emissions test called the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP). This new test measures all regulated emissions, as well as CO2 and fuel…
Tagged with: emissions, emissions test, WLTP, Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure
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Posted in emissions testing
Choosing the best Tyres for your Skoda Octavia MK3 VRS (2013 – onwards)
You just might have guessed this but I love my Skoda Octavia VRS MK3, its the perfect performance family mover and touch wood is has been very reliable (queue Skoda jokes). Choosing the right tyres for my VRS is vital…
Volkswagen Scrappage Scheme 2017 targets older diesel vehicles, continues to leave Euro5 “fixed” vehicle owners picking up the bill
Volkswagen UK have announced that they will be offering up to £6,000 “Scrappage” in exchange for any make or model diesel vehicle (Euro 1 – 4) when buying a new car. The move comes as the SMMT announced that…
VAG DPF (VW): Which OBD2 II ELM327 Dongle should I use? Bluetooth / Wifi?
We’re big fans of the VAG DPF app (full review coming very soon) its a great tool for tracking DPF regeneration and soot loading – the problem is we’re constantly being asked which dongle to choose. There are literally a million…
Tagged with: Bluetooth dongle, diesel particulate, DPF, ELM327, OBD2 II, soot, VAG DPF
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Posted in dpf-diesel-particulate-filter
VW Emissions memes – funny VW photos – smoke remapped tdi
We love our memes! We love (to hate) the VW emissions fix / scandal. We combined our two loves and present to you a selection of the very best VW Emissions Memes available on the internet today. The internet got…
Tagged with: diesel memes, emissions memes, EML meme, funny vw memes, remapped meme, smoke meme, tdi memes, vw emissions meme, vw meme
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Posted in meme
VW Emissions Fix: “VAG Emissions Rollback” could be the real fix you need
We’ve been following many of the facebook and forum threads focused on reversing the ea189 emissions fix. Whats become apparent is that most of these services are simply a remap aimed at disguising the fix and the horrendous effects it…
