• Joeffect@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Even more so when you understand the car already has it… so they take it away just to make you pay for it

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        Every car has more HP than you get. Cars are tuned to be as reliable as possible in every condition with a variety of fuel qualities. That is why you see test vehicles on the road, they are gathering data to refine the engine tuning.

        That is why you can tune as car and get more HP or even to make them more efficient without changing a single part.

        • Որբունի@jlai.lu
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          Not only that but recent lineups from a lot of manufacturers have 95% of the same power train including essential parts, and loads of different models with different tunes. The lowest trim BMW 1 series from a few years ago can be tuned to 200 HP without any mods… it’s illegal in a lot of places, it doesn’t stop people.

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          But a subscription? That’s more akin to saying we’ll send someone to de-tune the car you’ve had tuned unless you pay us protection money monthly.

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          5 hours ago

          Yes, but in this instance are they just changing the tuning of the car or did they litterally just make your car worse to charge you for it? And call it an upgrade?

          Edit: this sounds like they want to charge you for sport mode… which is basically on all newer cars… either way its pretty trashy move

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      19 hours ago

      Ofc that subscription covers the extra fuel cost. Right?

      Right???