What VW engineers find in RP gasoline products?

**viper888** · September 24th, 2013 12:30 AM

My assesment is VW will probably flop

lets check each of their cars:

Jetta: 1.3 million peso focus/impreza/lancer rival, slower than all the cars I previously mentioned and at its price..... still has a manual tranny
Tiguan: Ford Explorer money for Ford Escape size
Touran: ehhhhhhh
Touareg: It has priced itself with the LC200 or more premium but smaller rivals such the X3 or the Lexus thingy, and there is also the Evoque

This is a bit of a PR stunt to gain media attention

When someone asks you: What car do you have? your answer would sadly be "VW"

**marg** · September 24th, 2013 01:06 AM

Was never a probem for Japaese cars.

**niky** · September 24th, 2013 01:42 AM

Most japanese cars don't use direct-injection gasoline engines. VW's line-up nowadays is almost exclusively direct injection.

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

Sabi sa article, bakit daw mga audi, bentley, porsche etc. Di nagkakaproblema pagdating sa gas.

Isa lang sagot nyan.

The owners of those exotics dont gas up on small-time gas companies. Big 3 yan most of the time. You wont see an exotic gas up at jetti, total, metrogas etc. e. Usual nyan Petron Blaze 100. They even hardly gas up at Caltex, mga small time companies pa kaya?

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The owners of high-tech direct-injection motors DO have problems with our gasoline if the cars aren't used regularly.

**lowslowbenz** · September 24th, 2013 02:51 AM

If one has a more than a million a pop car, will he/she just load gas at Flying V?

If Peugeot can survive here this time around, I think VW will fare a bit better.

**e2romo** · September 24th, 2013 02:52 AM

Naku, favorite ko pa naman SeaOil at Unioil, kasama kaya sila sa mga may manganese?

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**Chikselog** · September 24th, 2013 02:59 AM

Originally Posted by niky

Most japanese cars don't use direct-injection gasoline engines. VW's line-up nowadays is almost exclusively direct injection.

The owners of high-tech direct-injection motors DO have problems with our gasoline if the cars aren't used regularly.

Sir Niky, so is it safe to say that if the car's engine is not direct-injection, safe gamitin ang mga gas na may manganese as octane booster?

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**niky** · September 24th, 2013 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by Chikselog

Sir Niky, so is it safe to say that if the car's engine is not direct-injection, safe gamitin ang mga gas na may manganese as octane booster?

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I rightly don't know. I don't know what manganese will do to the fuel system in the long run.

**brainmafia_310** · September 24th, 2013 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by renzo_d10

Sabi sa article, bakit daw mga audi, bentley, porsche etc. Di nagkakaproblema pagdating sa gas.

Isa lang sagot nyan.

The owners of those exotics dont gas up on small-time gas companies. Big 3 yan most of the time. You wont see an exotic gas up at jetti, total, metrogas etc. e. Usual nyan Petron Blaze 100. They even hardly gas up at Caltex, mga small time companies pa kaya?

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baka naman Sir they are certain of the quality of the cars they are selling.

Looking at the bigger picture kung ioffer man yan sakali dito alam na natin na lagot bibile nito lalo na sa warranty baka katulad ka nun ibang nasa 5 years warranty pero daming dahilan na madumi yung gasolina, ecu checking, etc, kasi lakas lumamon sa gas 1.3 na pang v8, tpos yung casa concesionaire lang , walang planta dito sa pinas, etc (sama sama lahat ng negative feedback sa lahat ng CASA sa lahat ng brand na nasa pinas). hahahahah.

in short, CDkring warranty lang pala meron yung 5 years 5 days replacement warranty lang pala. hehehehehe

**uls** · September 24th, 2013 02:29 PM

tinatakot nila mga car buyers para di na bumili ng gas na sasakyan

bili nalang ng diesel

tamang tama all diesel ang lineup ng VW dito

**oj88** · September 24th, 2013 03:30 PM

Doing a bit of research, I discovered that the manganese they're talking about is actually a chemical compound called Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl or simply MMT.

Methylcyclopentadienyl Manganese Tricarbonyl (MMT) is a manganese-based fuel additive
used to increase gasoline octane. It was widely introduced in the United States in the 1970s
by the Ethyl Corporation when regulations restricting the use of tetraethyl lead first came into
force. Today health scientists and automobile manufacturers are strongly opposed to its use.
Combustion of MMT releases manganese, a potent neurotoxin when inhaled. In vehicles it
can leave deposits that degrade the performance of pollution control systems. Similar
concerns regarding tetraethyl lead have led to a near global ban on its use. Alternatives to
MMT are in widespread use and can cost-effectively achieve similar octane levels without
the associated health risk.

Source: http://www.theicct.org/sites/default.../MMT_dec08.pdf

Whatever your take is about the topic is up to you. But I tend to agree that the whole ordeal about the VW thing reeks of conspiracy. It's just too convenient to bring this up just now. But still, it's their business NOT to do business, so let them be.