• some_designer_dude@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This has been true for decades with VW and other cars… I had my 2000 Jetta chipped and got all kinds of HP and torque. Some dude just plugged in a laptop, beep boop, vroom vroom. $600 please.

    This just seems like VW cutting out those middlemen.

    • GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      You probably made 10 times the EPA limit of NOx emissions though.

      Funny enough, VW also got in a TON of trouble over (factory configuration) diesel cars cheating emissions testing.

      I dont know if yours was a diesel, but those especially are known for being capable of remarkable power and fuel economy at the same time… IF you don’t care about emissions!