That's the point they would have known at a minimum that they were 'working around' the law, but certainly in some places (thinking UK here) the law is poorly worded. In the UK the test rules use terms like 'at the time of the test', while the term is meant to mean that the driver couldn't be prosecuted 10 months after the test if their emissions had crept up, some corporate lawyer type can use that clause to mean that what VW did is not illegal. Clearly morally incorrect, but legally okay, it should be caught by a 'no specific changes for the test / test being representative of normal running' type clause, but the diesel tests in the uk have been messed up pretty much since emissions test for diesel were introduced.

I thought everybody used a VPN with selectable worldwide servers these days?

Yep there's a few for sure! New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead? Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9. I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours! Not my circus not my monkey's!

So send them an e-mail: Dear sirs, Because you make it so difficult to pay for your product, I'm downloading a torrent. I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

I guess, I need to adapt to this new look site. My first reaction was :wtf: ... For now, my vote goes to old UI, look and feel. Sandeep Mewara Microsoft ASP.NET MVP [My latest Article]: Server side Delimiters in ASP.NET[^]