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Subject:Re: VW
From:george jannini
Date:Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:31:24 -0400

There would be too much fruit to pick if NHTSA had the teeth that the EPA
has. ;-)  I am certain that GM and Takata might be criminally liable for
their shenanigans.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Seems like they're going after the low-hanging fruit.
> On Sep 23, 2015 6:06 PM, "george jannini" <georgejoann@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The agenda is clean air.
>>
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>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 3:59 PM, T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Well the answer to that is the media:) and maybe an agenda or two from
>> > others...
>> >
>> > we all have agendas no?
>> >
>> > t.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Evidently, someone else did find it first and it has been done before.
>> > One
>> > > report on the engineer guy in West Virginia whose crew uncovered this
>> VW
>> > > problem also found a precedent in the late '90s with big diesel trucks
>> > with
>> > > Cummins and Cat engines. And...the VW thing has been known for 18
>> months,
>> > > so why is it causing a freakout now? This is not the first instance of
>> > > diesel "defeat devices," as they're called.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/west-...ves-david-vws-goliath-191619480--finance.html
>> > >
>> > > The morons in the by-passed diesel pickups with the "Screw your
>> Prius!"
>> > > stickers in the back windows are no better and should be held
>> accountable
>> > > just as we hope VW and any other violating manufacturers will be.
>> > > Stephen
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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