23-09-2015, 12:43 PM
If owners of these vehicles are forced to take them back to dealers to get 're-mapped' for lower emissions, (thereby resulting in a worse performing engine with lower power output) I reckon there will be a demand to 'put back the settings' to restore performance.
Nobody likes to drive a car which is underpowered (well I certainly don't !) and there is a whole industry out there for re-mapping engines for maximum power and I'm quite sure the 'boy-racers' who get this done don't give two hoots about emissions !
Of course, the driver for this is the EU with ever lower emissions demands and that's why allegedly ALL car manufacturers will be 'at it' although it would appear that some are better at hiding this than others...
I think the only way to test cars for emissions/MPG is whilst moving round an actual test track - otherwise the car will know it's on a rolling road and adjust settings accordingly and they'll probably have GPS in them to check this !
Andy
Nobody likes to drive a car which is underpowered (well I certainly don't !) and there is a whole industry out there for re-mapping engines for maximum power and I'm quite sure the 'boy-racers' who get this done don't give two hoots about emissions !
Of course, the driver for this is the EU with ever lower emissions demands and that's why allegedly ALL car manufacturers will be 'at it' although it would appear that some are better at hiding this than others...
I think the only way to test cars for emissions/MPG is whilst moving round an actual test track - otherwise the car will know it's on a rolling road and adjust settings accordingly and they'll probably have GPS in them to check this !
Andy
