Comments by "J Hutt" (@jhutt8002) on "The Porsche-Volkswagen Valuation Anomaly" video.

Truth to be told, dieselgate was only really an issue for ecofools crying about emissions. And sadly those are the people EU bows to. Being able to not choke the engine with regulation means better durability, economy and performance. It's good for car buyers just like it's good for manufacturer. It's a win/win situation. If I had bought one of those cars, I would never have allowed them to "fix" it.
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@weird-guy When the regulation is making the product worse, and bypassing it makes the resulting product better for the consumer? Yes, I appreciate that. Sure it was bad for their business, but it also shows their dedication to the craft. They took a risk in behalf of their clients in this case, and they got burned. That was the only negative aspect of it. That they got caught. I wonder how many people in EU are currently driving vehicles they've illegally modified, because the overzealous regulatory systems have started to cause problems in their almost new vehicles. My -96 Audi has none of those troubles. Now has 630 000 in meter and counting.
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@weird-guy I was going to comment something condescending about you clearly missing what I was saying, but I have no idea what you mean with that either, so I guess we have to agree to disagree here. Or maybe agree, I don't know. Personally I'm not going to exhange my car any time soon. It's the last model with the last truly great engine VAG did, 2,5 liter, 5 inline TDI. Some people in the know say 3,0 liter V6 TDI was still great engine. I'm not that sure, as it does seem quite overcomplicated and overengineered to me. But I don't have personal experience with that, so I hope I'm wrong and there still at least that option to upgrade if some day in the future commuting with 90's vehicle becomes impossible to continue. Parts supplies tend to dry out over time.
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Why? How?
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@weird-guy Ok. That makes sense. English isn't my first language either. I don't know how they were marketed to the public in the US. They're pretty much the "every mans car" in Europe so that's how I look at them as manufacturer, even if they've been trying to go upmarket recent years. More of a tool, than something you'd buy for the brand value.
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If I was playing devils advocate here, you know "eco" as a selling point could refer to fuel economy, which they've been marketing ever since the 80's. Bypassing regulations could in fact improve that. Lupo I think used to even have a meter called "eco" in dashboard that measured fuel consumption. But as I said I don't know exactly how it was marketed.
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@weird-guy I didn't know they made a documentary about it. I have to look that up.
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