The German government has just decreed that all “cheating” VW diesels not turned in by their owners for “fixing” will be de-registered. This means the can’t legally be driven and have been rendered inert – several thousand pounds of deadweight their owners can no longer use – at least, not without risking more serious repercussions. Germany’s federal motor vehicle authority, the KBA, had already de-registered several Audi and VW cars fitted with the “affected” Euro 5 diesel engines after owners ignored successive reminders to heed a recall. Recalls, of course, usually pertain to cars that have something wrong with them which makes them unsafe … Continue reading The Other Shoe Has Dropped…