Basically every car manufacturer pulls shit like this these days; good luck avoiding all of them.
If it’s specific to a certain model, that would be good info.
That said VW obviously sucks for pulling the stunt mentioned in the article.
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vogo13@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
This company already has another scandal brewing, since 2005 they have been installing plastic engine parts, particularily the intake manifolds have been designed as a single use item to be replaced roughly every 3 years. Custom aluminum will run you $1000 for the part itself if you don’t want to keep swapping plastic, not to mention the ridiculous labour costs as well. Avoid!
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 day ago
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
You don’t really see this with Toyota and Honda, just avoid any of the models that are joint venture with other companies.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For $1000 you could get a small furnace for cintering, a regular 3D printer and some of that special PLA that has metal powder in it that you can print and then cinter into a solid metal piece (The PLA bakes off) and just make the fucking thing yourself.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s horrible! If people do that how will companies gouge customers?