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Audi and Skoda report 3.3m 'cheat' cars

Audi and Skoda say they have a total of 3.3 million cars fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emissions tests.

Some 2.1 million Audis affected worldwide include 1.42 million in western Europe, with 577,000 in Germany, and almost 13,000 in the US.

Czech-based Skoda said 1.2 million of its cars were involved, but has yet to give a country or model breakdown.

Separately, German prosecutors started a probe against VW's former boss.

Former chief executive Martin Winterkorn will be investigated over "allegations of fraud in the sale of cars with manipulated emissions data," German authorities said on Monday.

The Audi models affected include the A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, TT, Q3 and Q5 models, a spokesman told the Reuters news agency.

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VW said last week that 11 million cars within the group could be affected.

The scandal was revealed after the US Environmental Protection Agency found that some diesel cars were fitted with devices that could detect when the engine was being tested and could change the car's performance to improve results.

The German company apologised for breaching consumers' trust, and on Friday announced that Matthias Mueller was replacing Martin Winterkorn as chief executive. Mr Matthias promised a "relentless" investigation to uncover what went wrong.

There were also unconfirmed reports on Monday that senior R&D heads working across the car group had been suspended. Reuters said the suspensions involved staff from the Audi, Porsche and the VW brands.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen shares continue to fall in morning trading, sinking a further 6.6% in addition to last week's tumble.

The scandal has badly tarnished VW's name, left it exposed to up to $18bn in US fines, and wiped a third off its stock market value in a week.

German authorities have demanded that VW set out a timeline by 7 October on how it will ensure its diesel cars meet national emission standards without using cheat technology.

There were widespread German media reports at the weekend that the government ignored warnings two years ago that VW was using the software. However, on Monday, a government spokesman denied this.

I'll never get Japan's weird no sex thing. Apparently all the men have just gone off sex. If you have ever been to Japan and looked at the quality on offer, this boggles the mind.

Oh what a feeling.
Picked it up today

car suspension testing.

You will have a lot of fun with that K,is it diesel?The angle of that photo,looks like a 'selfie',thinking how many times 'til you 'nailed it',maybe Alpha was right about hanging off the gutter.

Once again it would be looking very ominous out to the west for you Brisbanites,and it looks like we are going to get the very bottom of it

Casino would've added a bit to your trip,not that it would've worried you,by the sounds of itI have it in writing,don't forget

2 Trimmers
3 Days
10,600 Trees Trimmed by Hand

just leaving this here.......

you need these guys out at the farm Shuff's, if only your trees could be trimmed this quickly lol

That wouldn't have worried me if i knew i was going to be riding in a shit storm. 49,300km's in 25 months so you can say i'm addicted to riding my cycle.

Street Outlaws Star Murder Nova and Chief’s Shop has been SHOT UP! HELP FIND HIM!

Street Outlaws Star Murder Nova (Shawn’s) Shop has been SHOT UP! HELP FIND HIM!

It’s pretty unfortunate that when somebody blows up and has their own fair share of hard earned success, there’s always somebody there to try and drag them down. This time, the level of attack is escalated to an all new high. If you haven’t heard yet, Midwest Streetcars was recently the victim of a few semi-automatic bullet holes as somebody decided to roll up on their shop while the doors were closed and shoot the place up, leaving a huge mess and tons of damage and surprisingly taking nothing with them. As if that wasn’t enough, shortly after the perp headed over to Shawn’s (Murder Nova) personal residence looking for more.

We got the chance to hop on the phone with Shawn and he tells us that he was alerted by a doorbell on his front gate which made him spring to action. After making sure it wasn’t his son coming in, he went out the garage door, which you can see as the light at the top right of your screen goes on, in the video below, at which point the armed suspect was found standing by Shawn’s truck and ran away to either hide momentarily or take off all together off as Shawn gave chase and tried to find him.

Right now, we’re in the process of trying to figure out who was behind these heinous actions and Midwest is offering up a $5000 reward to anybody who can offer the tip that could lead to the apprehension of the criminal behind it all. Even though it’s not right by any means, attacking a place of business is one thing, but going to a place where somebody’s family resides is on a whole new level of unacceptable. Shawn tells us that he’s not even that mad, but just really wants to know why somebody would be provoked to carry out such a plan in the first place.

Check out the video surveillance footage below from Shawn’s personal shop outside of his house that shows the suspect walking past, not even acknowledging the shop as he goes straight for the house which was when Shawn came outside.

We aren’t really sure what type of person would even think to do something like this. If you know anything at all that might help in bringing justice to the situation, Contact Midwest Streetcars via Facebook message directly.

Hopefully, they can get the footing that they need to bring this case to a close. Read more at: http://tr.im/mtZu2

Wow,you do like riding,I've always had cruiser style road bikes,but when my first hip started to give me shit,I opted for a Trike,I've had it since '97,and only managed to put 54,000K on it in that time,guess you would call me a fair weather rider

I agree,R1 style bikes were causing me grief after my accidents but after a set of helibars,the Busa is the ultimate touring machine and doubt i will ever sell it.

On that topic,i'm looking to do a modified run of what i did on Sunday except a few changes.

Mt Tamborine,Numinbah Valley,Murwillimbah,Lismore,Casino,Kyogle,Rathdowney,Boonah,Lake Moogerah,Aratula and home.

How would that affect me being a QLD license holder?. I rarely speed around anyway.

Wow,we've been a chatty bunch today,storms are back,but it looks like Ippy might get the worst of the nasty stuff,a lot of black forming in the red,which is not a good sign

Wow,we've been a chatty bunch today,storms are back,but it looks like Ippy might get the worst of the nasty stuff,a lot of black forming in the red,which is not a good sign

Sorry Dai,I'd just about finished my post and my Mrs bought a 'Quick hide all the grog,neighbor'down to my refuge,and I've only just gotten

rid of him.To be honest I have no idea what happens with interstate drivers,will Google tomorrow.What I was halfway through typing,was that Sunday is a big VW drag meet at Warwick,I normally go up with my son,he has a Golf,and a '74 L Bug,,but even if he takes the Golf this year,I don't think I'll go,so if you're in the area,and you want to touch base,and eat a few insects together I can PM my mobile number,or vice versa.I haven't started it in a couple of weeks,so just have to kick it in the guts,and put some fuel in it.So let me know

'Vegemite is racist because it's black': American woman's bizarre anti-Aussie rant sparks online outrage - but can she be serious?

Cassidy Boon uploaded a video explaining her farcical theory on YouTube

The 20-year-old believes the yeast paste is a tool for racial oppression

She launched a #banvegemite hashtag in hope of boycotting the spread

It’s well known that Americans find Vegemite difficult-to-digest, but this woman's explanation of why is probably in bad taste.

Self-proclaimed feminist Cassidy Boon-best known for her #MaleLivesDontMatter campaign-has declared that Australia’s national spread is a tool for racial oppression.

In the baffling video titled ‘Eating Vegemite is racist towards Aboriginals - because it is black,’ the 20-year-old presents her farcical theory and calls for the snack to be boycotted.

‘If you eat vegemite, you’re literally what’s wrong with the world’ she explains.

‘Ever since the 1950s-or whatever-vegemite has been a way to symbolically make white Australians feel superior to Aboriginals by literally eating their f*****g skin in a jar.’

The passionate activist claims she lived in Australia for seven years, a time which made her ‘ashamed of all of you.’

She vows to launch a #banvegemite campaign to raise awareness about the oppressive spread, which was developed in 1922.
‘Together, we can get Vegemite banned and give Aboriginals the justice they deserve.’

It comes after a American comedian Steve Higgins tasted the yeast byproduct live on air last year and declared it is ‘not for the American palate.'
Evidently he wasn’t kidding.

How would that affect me being a QLD license holder?. I rarely speed around anyway.

If a Queensland driver licence holder commits a traffic offence in New South Wales during a double demerits point period, the offence will be recorded as a double demerit offence on the driver’s New South Wales Traffic History. The New South Wales Driver Licensing Authority will then report the offence to Queensland Transport who will record the offence on the driver’s Queensland Traffic History.
However, in relation to the driver’s Queensland Traffic History, Queensland Transport will only impose the number of demerit points that the offence would have attracted if the offence had been committed in Queensland.

I will be doing it Saturday hopefully,i'll google map the distance later and work out the overall time but that should be fine.

here's another american that needs to be shot waste of brain cells



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-32...ebook_Australia

That's fake, BTW,

we love the aboriginal for fcuks sake we gave them centrelink

You're the load your mother should have swallowed.

I met a strange lady...she made me nervous...she took me in and made be breakfast...And she said....

Is it racist to use Vegemite as anal lube?

How do you find all these ditsy females Alpha?


Wonder what her thoughts on licorice,and c**n Cheese are.

Lol!GG Mcleod,looks like she might have already been in his ear,bad when you can't name a brand of cheese

i just google 'vapid'