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$10 Car Wash and Vacuum at Volkswagen Selected Dealers Oct 5th

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saggypatel on 22/09/2019 - 12:49 volkswagen.com.au (822 clicks)
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Volkswagen is organizing australia's biggest car wash. For $10 get your car washed and vacuumed on October 5th at participating volkswagen dealers. All proceeds will go to Cancer Council. I believe all make and model are welcomed.
Participating dealers

ACT

Lennock Motors

NSW

Central Coast Volkswagen

Leichhardt Volkswagen

Noble Volkswagen

North Shore Volkswagen

Riverina Volkswagen

Rockdale Volkswagen

Southern Classic Cars

Sydney City Volkswagen

QLD

Capalaba Volkswagen

Cricks Volkswagen

Mt Gravatt Volkswagen

Norris Volkswagen

VIC

Berwick Volkswagen

Bayford Volkswagen Camberwell

Brighton Volkswagen

Dwyers Volkswagen

Essendon Volkswagen

Kevin Dennis Volkswagen

Shepparton Volkswagen

Wodonga Prestige

WA

Wangara Volkswagen

SA

Solitaire Volkswagen

Solitaire Volkswagen Hawthorn

Automotive Car Care Car Wash Volkswagen

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  • PinzVidz on 22/09/2019 - 12:53
    +19

    All proceeds will go to Cancer Council

    How incredibly ironic, considering Dieselgate.

    • Maverick-au on 22/09/2019 - 13:52

      You mean the one that all the other manufacturers also engaged in.

        • Maverick-au on 22/09/2019 - 18:03
          -1

          No it wasn't just VW. Sheesh it's amazing how gullible people are and how biased they are against certain brands.

          Not only that but the engines used by Volkswagen before the scandal broke were the cleanest of all the diesel engines at only twice the EU6 standard, Fiat and Suzuki were 15 times, Renault and Nissan 14 times, Opel 10 times, Hyundai 8 times and Mercedes 6 times.

          So no Volkswagen are not the only ones that cheated the tests, every manufacturer did it but Volkswagen is taking the fall because journalists are crap and most people are unable to do their own research.

          • lang_tu_syd on 22/09/2019 - 22:24
            +1

            @Maverick-au: Where did you get that statistic about other manufactures or you just pull that out of your ass?

            At this time of age, do you really think that other manufactures can cheat and not getting caught especially after VW diesel scandal?

            You call other people gullible but the fact is you either too naive or your head still stuck under the sand.

            Take a look at this to educate yourself more about the matter https://youtu.be/-VZFP3lW4gU

            • Maverick-au on 23/09/2019 - 17:30

              @lang_tu_syd:

              Where did you get that statistic about other manufactures or you just pull that out of your ass?

              How clueless are you, you have no idea what you're talking about but are claiming to be the expert when a few minutes on Google would tell you how wrong you are.

              At this time of age, do you really think that other manufactures can cheat and not getting caught especially after VW diesel scandal?

              They were caught, you just have your head in the sand believing everything the media tells you.

              You call other people gullible but the fact is you either too naive or your head still stuck under the sand.

              Says the person who is claiming that all the other manufacturers didn't cheat.

              Take a look at this to educate yourself more about the matter

              Is it any wonder so many people has no idea what is really going on in this world when they can't do their own research and believe the bullshit feeds from biased media outlets like the ABC and SBS etc. See below for the answers. Do the rest of your research yourself if you can.

          • Indomietable on 23/09/2019 - 02:31
            +1

            @Maverick-au:

            Sheesh it's amazing how gullible people are and how biased they are against certain brands.

            I have no bias but I did my own research and I concluded that VW is a deceitful lying criminal.

            Not only that but the engines used by Volkswagen before the scandal broke were the cleanest of all the diesel engines

            Which part of dieselgate that you don't get? They won all these clean diesel award because they cheat. Their engine was caught to emits up to 40 times more NOx in real-world driving vs the lab test.

            Volkswagen are not the only ones that cheated the tests

            Well currently only VW and Audi has been caught, so only VW is correct.

            every manufacturer did it.

            Major car manufacturers, including Toyota, GM, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Renault, Mazda, Daimler (Mercedes Benz), and Honda, issued press statements reaffirming their vehicles' compliance with all regulations and legislation for the markets in which they operate.

            • Maverick-au on 23/09/2019 - 17:22

              @Indomietable:

              I have no bias but I did my own research and I concluded that VW is a deceitful lying criminal.

              Clearly you have no idea about Google and other search engines.

              Which part of dieselgate that you don't get? They won all these clean diesel award because they cheat. Their engine was caught to emits up to 40 times more NOx in real-world driving vs the lab test.

              What part of Dieselgate involved EURO 5, I was talking about EURO 6. Again you have no idea what you are talking about.

              Well currently only VW and Audi has been caught, so only VW is correct.

              Nearly all manufacturers were involved but keep you head in the sand.

              Major car manufacturers, including Toyota, GM, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Renault, Mazda, Daimler (Mercedes Benz), and Honda, issued press statements reaffirming their vehicles' compliance with all regulations and legislation for the markets in which they operate.

              Great work there, I bet you believed Honda when they covered up the faulty airbags for over 15 years or Mitsubishi for covering up serious faults in their cars over a 30 year period or Toyota over their numerous safety issues…

              Volkswagen the best, Fiat and Suzuki the worst in real-world emissions says independent study
              An independent emissions study has found the cleanest new diesel engines on sale in post-Dieselgate world come from, err, Volkswagen.

              Just over a year since Volkswagen’s €20 billion 'Dieselgate' emissions-cheating scandal broke to a stunned the car-making world, a Transport & Environment study has found the German volume brand’s newest cars to be the cleanest in the world.

              While its Euro 5-compliant diesel cars are the dirtiest, the new technology it used to meet Euro 6 regulations have turned around the cheater brand’s performance.

              The diesel-powered Volkswagens analysed in the study still emitted double the EU 6 standard’s maximum figure of 80 grams of NOx per 1000km in real-world testing, but that paled into insignificance alongside its market rivals.

              The Transport and Environment study combed through data from a large public database as well as post-Dieselgate investigations from the French, German and British governments and found the diesel-powered cars from Fiat and Suzuki emitting up to 15 times the legal limit.

              Renault and Nissan diesels emitted around 14 times the limit, Opel 10 times the maximum and Hyundai almost eight times the EU6 limit.

              One massive shock was premium brand Mercedes-Benz emitting more than six times the legal limit, with the real-world emissions boosted by its use of “thermal switches” to turn off its exhaust-gas recirculation emissions-cleaning technology below 10 degrees and above about 26 degrees, ostensibly to preserve the integrity of the system.

              Opel, Renault and Nissan all use similar software-operated thermal switching strategies, but turn off at 17 degrees.

              Besides Volkswagen, the next cleanest diesel brands in Europe were Seat, Skoda and Audi (all Volkswagen Group badges), BMW, Mini and Mazda.

              “This cannot be claimed as evidence of the Volkswagen Group learning its lesson; the Group brought its Euro 6 cars to market ahead of the Dieselgate scandal being exposed,” Transport and Environment’s Clean Vehicle Director Greg Archer noted.

              “The Volkswagen Group’s Dieselgate engines were mostly of the EU5 generation.”

              Shockingly, the study found that 80 per cent of EU5-compliant diesel cars and two-thirds of the EU6 diesels on European roads still emit at least three times the legal limit in real-world conditions.

              “Dirty diesel cars are failing to operate their exhaust after-treatment systems for most of the time the car is driving, almost certainly illegally misusing a loophole in the rules governing the use of Defeat Devices,” Archer claimed.

              “This is done partially to improve official fuel-economy figures but also due to doubts about the durability of the emissions treatment systems car-makers have chosen to use.

              “The excessive nitrogen oxides emissions that result are the principal cause of the high levels of nitrogen dioxide in cities that led to the premature death of 72,000 EU citizens annually.”

              Nevertheless, the report found many models met the current EU 6 regulations in real world testing, indicating that the technology to actually deliver clean diesels was available to those willing to invest in it.

              They include Audi’s Q7 3.0-litre TDI, BMWs like the 318d, the X5 xDrive30d, the X1 xDrive20d, the 218d, the 220d and the 118d, the Ford Fiesta 1.5 TDCi and Ecosport 1.5 TDCi, the Citroen C4 Cactus 1.6 BlueHDi, the DS5 1.6 BlueHDi, the Peugeot 208 1.6 BlueHDi, the 308 2.0 BlueHDI, the Mercedes-Benz C200d, Mazda’s Mazda2 1.5d, the CX3 1.5d and CX5 2.2d and Volkswagen’s Golf Sportsvan 2.0 TDI.

              Fully half of Europe’s tens of millions of “dirty” non-compliant EU5 engines in the real world tests come from just five brands. Volkswagen is responsible for 3.6 million of them, Renault for 2.4 million, Peugeot for 1.9 million and Citroen and Audi for around 1.8 million each.

              Yet that table changes enormously on the real world figures for EU6-compliant models, with Renault and Mercedes-Benz clearly the worst.

              Worst EU5 emitters Number of cars Worst EU6 Number of cars
              Volkswagen 3,610,000 Renault 699,000
              Renault 2,407,000 Mercedes 620,000
              Peugeot 1,870,000 Peugeot 464,000
              Citroen 1,806,000 Volkswagen 446,000
              Audi 1,799,000 BMW/Mini 410,000
              Mercedes 1,605,000 Citroen 379,000

              Audi dropped from being the carmaker with the fifth-most non-compliant EU5 cars in real world testing to just 13th on EU6 figures and Volkswagen went from a clear first to fourth, while Mercedes-Benz climbed from sixth to second under the newer, tighter regulations.

              Archer insisted that European nations and their Transport departments, which issue type approval for new models which is then accepted by other nations, are just as culpable as the car-makers themselves.

              “The claim by car-makers that they are allowed to turn down the exhaust controls when the car is driven on the road (and operate them fully during a test) is a gross misrepresentation of the regulations and such a practice is almost certainly illegal.

              “The regulations are clear that the emission-control systems should work fully during vehicles’ normal use. Carmakers are required to provide type approval authorities with information on the operating strategy of the exhaust treatment system.

              “National type approval authorities have turned a blind eye to the use of defeat devices leading to such widespread health and environmental impacts.”

              “Car-makers ‘shop around’ for the best offer from the regulators that compete among themselves for type-approving business.

              "Some, approval authorities KBA in Germany, CNRV in France and MIT in Italy, protect their national car-makers and shy away from scrutinising them too strictly. Others, like the VCA in the UK, RDW in the Netherlands or SNCH in Luxembourg see type approval as a lucrative business,” he condemned.

              https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/dieselgate-vw-cleanest-in-eu-emissions-study-103935/

              Three-pointed star brand is finally dragged in to Volkswagen's Dieselgate net

              The German Transport Ministry (KBA) yesterday ordered Mercedes-Benz to recall almost 240,000 diesel-powered cars for alleged emissions cheating.

              While Daimler, Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, stridently denied any cheating, the KBA insisted it had found five unauthorised pieces of emissions-cheating software in 774,000 diesel engines across Europe.

              “The Government will order 238,000 Daimler vehicles to be immediately recalled Germany-wide because of unauthorised shutoff devices,” the KBA said in a statement.

              The main problem models were the big-selling C-Class 220d sedan and wagon, the Vito van and the GLC 220d coupe SUV, the KBA confirmed.

              It came on the back of a May missive from the KBA, which ordered Daimler to recall 4923 Vito vans that had been sold despite not meeting compliance regulations, while it “voluntarily” recalled three million cars under KBA pressure to improve emissions performance.

              The European Commissioner for Industry, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, used the KBA’s action to call for mandatory recalls by Daimler across the 28 EU member states.

              Daimler CEO Dr Dieter Zetsche was ordered to appear in front of the KBA late last week and insisted the meetings were “constructive”. This week Dr Zetsche claimed Daimler had found a technical solution to update the software on the offending cars, which he hoped would help the company to avoid a fine.

              The software cheat in question is the much-reported “Thermal Switches” which Daimler, Opel, PSA and others have used as a loophole to pass NOx emission requirements at laboratory temperatures.

              The system bypasses its full emission controls at cold or hot temperatures to take advantage of the “system longevity” loophole in the emissions regulations. For Mercedes-Benz, that means its cars switched off the emissions controls below nine degrees and above 26 degrees to guarantee its systems would survive over the vehicle’s lifespan.

              Daimler has fought for more than two years against being dragged into Volkswagen’s Dieselgate scandal, to the point of threatening journalists who correlated thermal switches with Volkswagen’s cheat. Even today it insisted that “Open legal questions will be clarified in the objection proceedings”.

              Six Mercedes-Benz models appeared in environmental lobby group Transport and Environment’s 2016 ‘Dirty 50’ list of diesel cars and SUVs, with the finger pointed at both thermal switches and another hot-restart software loophole.

              “Regulatory limits for NOx emissions are also breached by a significant margin when tested in conditions even slightly divergent from those prescribed in the EU test protocol (NEDC),” Transport and Environment insisted.

              “The principal reason for such gross exceedances (sic) is that carmakers routinely switch-off technologies that clean up the exhaust when the car is driven on the road, and only operate these fully during the narrow conditions of the tests.

              “This is partially to improve official fuel economy figures but is also due to questions about the durability of the emissions treatment systems carmakers have used – specifically exhaust gas recirculation systems that pump hot exhaust gases with a lower oxygen content back into the cylinders to lower production of NOx.”

              Mercedes claims its latest diesels, particularly its new 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder motors, have moved beyond the need for thermal switches by pulling the NOx catalysts much closer to the exhaust manifold.

              Yet T&E’s 2016 survey showed Mercedes-Benz’s average diesel fleet emitted 6.4 times the EU’s NOx emissions limits, rating as worse than Ford, Kia, Toyota, Honda, Audi, Mazda and Jaguar Land Rover.

              BMW and, surprisingly, Volkswagen were the best at real-world emissions, emitting around twice the legal limit in the real world.

              https://www.motoring.com.au/benz-forced-into-dieselgate-reca…

              Fiat Chrysler sued over diesel emissions cheating, Mercedes-Benz offices raided

              In 2015, FCA was fined US$70 million ($94 million) after it was found to have not reported deaths or injuries related to possible vehicle faults. It also agreed to a US$105 million ($141 million) penalty over improperly handled recalls.

              https://www.caradvice.com.au/553834/fiat-chrysler-sued-over-…

              In addition to estimating the absolute numbers of dirty diesels manufactured, the report
              identifies which are the worst companies in terms of the level of emissions. For Euro 5 vehicles,
              the five worst performing companies were (in order of the highest emissions): Renault (including
              Dacia); Land Rover, Hyundai, Opel/Vauxhall (including Chevrolet) and Nissan. The best
              performing Euro 5 cars were made by (in order of lowest emissions first): Seat, Honda, BMW
              (including Mini), Ford and Peugeot. For current Euro 6 cars a different pattern emerges. The
              worst performers are: Fiat (including Alfa Romeo + Suzuki (to whom Fiat supply engines);
              Renault (including Nissan, Dacia and Infiniti); Opel/Vauxhall; Hyundai; and Mercedes. Somewhat
              counter intuitively the company producing the cleanest Euro 6 cars is VW Group with VW cars the
              cleanest followed by Seat, Skoda and Audi; BMW (including Mini) and Mazda. However, this
              cannot be claimed as evidence of VW Group ‘learning its lesson’; the group brought its Euro 6
              cars to market ahead of the Dieselgate scandal being exposed. VW Group’s Dieselgate engines
              were mostly of the previous Euro 5 generation.

              Take a look at the list on page 11 onwards.

              BMW, Citroen, Dacia, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Mazda, MB, Nissan, Opel, Vauxhall, Pugeot, Renault, Ssangyong, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota and Volvo….

              https://www.transportenvironment.org/sites/te/files/publicat…

    • lgacb08 on 22/09/2019 - 14:44

      Well, they need to wash off the evidence before further damages. After all any car on the road was affected

  • currentfad on 22/09/2019 - 12:59
    +14

    all make and model are welcomed

    Not what the founders of VW said

    • Steptoe on 22/09/2019 - 13:11
      +3

      Too soon

    • [Deactivated] on 22/09/2019 - 13:49

      Take 5 minutes out to read this, it's really interesting tbh.

      https://jalopnik.com/the-real-story-behind-the-nazis-and-vol…

      • ajole on 22/09/2019 - 15:36

        Jalopnik delivers an ad following each paragraph on the article, makes for a fked user experience and a waste of my time. Can’t use read view on browsers like Safari either.

        Good learnings about the history I agree, but worth a view on wikipedia instead of this sh-t heap of an article that probably made $10 from me reading it.

  • ashdays on 22/09/2019 - 14:01

    Does anybody know if the car wash at Leichhardt and Noble VW (both NSW) are machine roller wash or hand wash?

  • bdl on 22/09/2019 - 14:03
    +1

    Just an FYI,

    Bayford Volkswagen Camberwell

    I know for a fact they use an automatic/machine cleaner, so if you were expecting a hand wash on site then you'll be disappointed.

    Still, if you wanted to give to charity (cancer is horrible) and get a free car wash/vacuum and don't care if it's hand wash or robot, this is a good way to do so.

  • Flying Ace on 22/09/2019 - 14:31
    +15

    Comes with free swirl marks and scratches?

  • [Deactivated] on 22/09/2019 - 16:32
    -1

    So WV get $3 for each car washed.

  • robberbutton on 22/09/2019 - 19:29

    You couldn't pay me enough to get my car "washed" by a dealer. Spent hours removing the swirls from Mum's Kia after the dealer helpfully ignored the instruction to leave the thing alone.

  • demoiree on 22/09/2019 - 20:51

    When ever I send my car in for service ,I have a sticky note on the dash telling "Please do not wash"

    • PinzVidz on 22/09/2019 - 22:05

      I'm surprised they still haven't washed it anyway. Some dealership shitkickers (i.e. service department car washers) are 23 stubbies short of a carton/slab/case/whatever.

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