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CobraGT 07/09/21 11:18:39 AM #1:	Mercedes, Volkswagen and BMW discussed diesel emissions tech privately and all did not develop it beyond the requirement. Volkwagen and BMW just got fined by the EU for withholding technology but Mercedes got a pass from the EU for turning in Volkswagen and BMW !!! --- GoldenSun/Crossbone Isle diagrams/ 18 teams known https://photobucket.com/u/SwordOfWheat/a/9990a2ee-25f3-4242-ae79-7d2d4b882be4 <cite>CobraGT posted [p:955905789] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>Mercedes, Volkswagen and BMW discussed diesel emissions tech privately and all did not develop it beyond the requirement. Volkwagen and BMW just got fined by the EU for withholding technology but Mercedes got a pass from the EU for turning in Volkswagen and BMW !!! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/09/21 1:06:23 PM #2:	https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2021/07/08/germanys-biggest-automakers-fined-875-million-for-emissions-collusion/ Some bean-counter did the math, and figured out that it's less fiscally disastrous to rat out the rest, than to be ratted out. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:955909379] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltaylor/2021/07/08/germanys-biggest-automakers-fined-875-million-for-emissions-collusion/ Some bean-counter did the math, and figured out that it's less fiscally disastrous to rat out the rest, than to be ratted out. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ToPoPO 07/09/21 1:08:53 PM #3:	So Mercedes didn't develop it either, just went and snitched for a smaller fine? <cite>ToPoPO posted [p:955909469] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>So Mercedes didn't develop it either, just went and snitched for a smaller fine? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SiO4 07/09/21 1:35:40 PM #4:	Merc has been sucker-punching Scuderia Ferrari and Red Bull for years now. --- "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you." ~Carl Sagan. Currently playing: Flight Simulator X.~PC <cite>SiO4 posted [p:955910337] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>Merc has been sucker-punching Scuderia Ferrari and Red Bull for years now.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/09/21 1:38:05 PM #5:	ToPoPO posted... So Mercedes didn't develop it either, just went and snitched for a smaller fine? Presumably, someone on the Daimler board realized where the investigation into VW's 'cheater' software was going to wander into. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:955910416] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>ToPoPO posted... </cite> <quote>So Mercedes didn't develop it either, just went and snitched for a smaller fine?</quote>Presumably, someone on the Daimler board realized where the investigation into VW's 'cheater' software was going to wander into. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Frolex 07/09/21 1:48:21 PM #6:	the German automakers have always been an incestuous clusterfuck, even before they got all Nazi'd up. shit's basically just game of thrones with cars --- https://imgur.com/HOLHd4k https://imgur.com/six2WTN <cite>Frolex posted [p:955910738] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>the German automakers have always been an incestuous clusterfuck, even before they got all Nazi'd up. shit's basically just game of thrones with cars </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/09/21 1:49:48 PM #7:	Frolex posted... the German automakers have always been an incestuous clusterfuck, even before they got all Nazi'd up. Trabant resurrection, when? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:955910794] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>Frolex posted... </cite> <quote>the German automakers have always been an incestuous clusterfuck, even before they got all Nazi'd up.</quote>Trabant resurrection, when? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Funkydog 07/09/21 1:50:27 PM #8:	Really should have slammed them all much, much harder. That fine is just "the cost of business" and won't make them improve. Put the fine up ten times, at least. Make the CEO's and every other top level official pay a massive chunk of their overall wealth with jail time potentially as well. Literally no other way to make these companies actually do what they should than literal force. --- https://imgur.com/BGbZK <cite>Funkydog posted [p:955910824] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>Really should have slammed them all much, much harder. That fine is just "the cost of business" and won't make them improve. Put the fine up ten times, at least. Make the CEO's and every other top level official pay a massive chunk of their overall wealth with jail time potentially as well. Literally no other way to make these companies actually do what they should than literal force. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
joe40001 07/09/21 1:51:32 PM #9:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DbDKPvl3Vw --- "joe is attractive and quite the brilliant poster" - Seiichi Omori https://imgur.com/TheGsZ9 <cite>joe40001 posted [p:955910871] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DbDKPvl3Vw </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/09/21 1:53:55 PM #10:	Funkydog posted... Literally no other way to make these companies actually do what they should than literal force. Maybe it's time to just rethink the very concept of LLC/GmbH/inc./etc. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:955910951] in Mercedes s... [t:79556121]...</cite> <quote>Funkydog posted... </cite> <quote>Literally no other way to make these companies actually do what they should than literal force.</quote>Maybe it's time to just rethink the very concept of LLC/GmbH/inc./etc. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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