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[Sam Thatch]

No, not with the American emissions standards.

But it is clear they chose to not include the AdBlue system with those cars that that failed the real world test.

[Roger Mills]

But you'd need to see the actual memo *and* understand the subtleties of the German language know whether it was a serious warning or a "nudge, nudge - wink, wink"!

[Sam Thatch]

Bet you wouldn't be able to work it out even with the actual memo and that sort of fluency with German.

It's clearly an absolutely classic protect Bosch's arse memo.

[Scion]

Sam Thatch put finger to keyboard:

And I bet there's some relieved sighing / back clapping / high fiving going on at Bosch right now.

[Sam Thatch]

Arent the Germans into thigh slapping to music while wearing leather shorts or something ?

[Scion]

Sam Thatch put finger to keyboard:

Well the Bavarians are - so that'll cover BMW fer sure. They'll be drinking out of them funny tankards with the hinged lids too, in between bites of Bratwurst.

[Sam Thatch]

But not Bosch.

How unspeakable.

[Scion]

Sam Thatch put finger to keyboard:

Hey, I'm allowed the occasional brain fart. In fact I insist on it!

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In message , Scion writes

Don't get them too excited - they'll invade Poland ...