Except it isn't about the mileage, it's about the emissions. I've already owned two other TDIs, and they could all get me over 20 km./litre on the highway. That's why I expected that would still be the case. The emissions standards got more strict, they met them, blah blah blah just gimme the keys. If they mis-reported the mileage they could get (which most dealers do), that would be a much smaller deal to me.
In Northern Virginia (and other high emission areas designated by the government), one has to pass emissions every year or two, depending on your plate renewal choice. I wonder if the emissions would pass every time they were tested with the old computer program?
These programs were designed to defraud the government. VW has bigger problems than pissed off owners.
