DieselBound
Elite Member
News flash! EVERYTHING will eventually fail, AND, any given item is subject to a MTBF [Mean Time Between Failure] statistical curve- you could have something on the "left" side of the curve or you could have something on the "right" side of the curve. Warranties are essential in addressing what are otherwise hard to control events- early failures, stuff that came out on the left side of the curve: yes, EVERY manufacture is aware of statistical curves and that they WILL have to cover for any lefthanded-ness- it's just an accepted fact of things. Sometimes one tends to end up with a convergence of items that were on the right side of the curve, that's a bonus!
As mentioned, VW DID program a kind of failure. One could say that THEY, VW, actually programmed in their OWN failure! So, yes, mucking around with software to modify parameters is how everything works (which is why I once spent time forcing my local county to NOT go with computerized voting systems! [of course,, there have been and most likely will continue to be, computers at the back-end tallying things]). With a big enough lawsuit just about any code can be prised out (unless the CIA has its own handiwork embedded in it). Fewer companies are going even contemplate computer trickery post VW's scandal.
But... speaking of electronics, computers AND VW, my VW TDIs (alh engines) are 18 years old and are, with the exception of things like door lock control modules and a case of broken hatch wiring, without issue.
I do believe in hedging, in which case I have non-computerized counterparts.
As mentioned, VW DID program a kind of failure. One could say that THEY, VW, actually programmed in their OWN failure! So, yes, mucking around with software to modify parameters is how everything works (which is why I once spent time forcing my local county to NOT go with computerized voting systems! [of course,, there have been and most likely will continue to be, computers at the back-end tallying things]). With a big enough lawsuit just about any code can be prised out (unless the CIA has its own handiwork embedded in it). Fewer companies are going even contemplate computer trickery post VW's scandal.
But... speaking of electronics, computers AND VW, my VW TDIs (alh engines) are 18 years old and are, with the exception of things like door lock control modules and a case of broken hatch wiring, without issue.
I do believe in hedging, in which case I have non-computerized counterparts.