Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription
Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription
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Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription | Auto Express
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201 to 228 hp is just like an idiot tax. But of course it’s only a start. If customers accept it, they will put more and more behind a subscription.
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Well, I was planning on buying the new electric van they have, but this article has changed my mind. Same reason I won’t buy a Tesla or any other company that hides features of a fully purchased car behind a paywall. Fuck that mess and I will never support it.
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I don’t know why they made a minivan with only two cup holders.
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LDV e seris ?
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ID. Buzz
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Ads when you're driving, features you've paid for locked behind a paywall and overpriced repairs.. the future is here.
Hope suburu doesn't end up doing this, just bought one.
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My wife's 2017 Volkswagen, with only 160,000 very gentle km on it (100,000 miles) suddenly had a warning light come on. It seems that the sensor on the turbo charger had gone bad, but the only way to fix it is to replace the entire turbocharger, close to $5,000.
From what we have read, Volkswagens of this age start to have large numbers of very expensive repairs. Lesson learned, she got rid of the Volkswagen and bought a hyundai.
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That’s bullshit. That vintage of VW has like two sensors on the turbo. They’re easy to get to and cost like $100 tops.
And $5,000 to replace a turbo is nuts. A new turbo can be around $1,500 but it’s less than six or eight hours of labor for a good mechanic.
I’m an idiot code monkey and I replaced mine in my garage in a weekend.
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+1 to this. $5k is BS, Especially if we're talking USD, but this also sounds like classic VW making a simple repair a massive job, replacing unnecessary parts, charging exorbitant prices and throwing away perfectly good components that end up in landfill, and best part is in the end it probably wasn't even what they diagnosed to actually be the cause of the problem, dealerships love to fix symptoms, not causes. A good independent Euro specialist would have loved that job.
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I got news for you, I purchased a used Hyundai 2019 that has turbo, and the one thing wrong with it was the turbo. My father's a mechanic, so he said he would put it in, but I believe the cost for the part was around $500. Idk what a dealer would charge. He then told me that turbos, on average, only last about 100k anyway, so it's definitely a part that will most likely need replacing more than most sadly. Then, a month later, the entire car died, and the engine was bad... this was earlier this year, and my father again said he would do it, but a new engine takes time, which he doesn't have, so now I've been car less for 4 months, yay!
This new car had 93k on it. My last car (Nissan Sentra) lasted 19 years and 250k on it and only traded it in because we were nervous it could go at any time. Thanks for the great car, Hyundai!
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I just had to pay upwards of $700 to boost my VW’s horsepower.
By buying a Cobb Accessport
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Do they have something for Mercedes?
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"You wouldn't download a car"
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You wouldn't own a car you purchased
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Give it a few weeks and some eastern European wizard will find a way to unlock it with ease and make it available to the masses
Personally i just drill holes in my ECU to install weatherproof connections to the BDM port so I can fiddle around with it myself in WinOLS. quite the learning curve though.
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I own a 26 year old skoda 1.9 TDI 110 HP Without touching any hardware it can be remmaped to 140 hp, which is a setting used in an Audi A4 from that era. Replacing a couple of things, like injectors turbo and intercooler, it can go to 180-190, which was also offered for the same engine. I'm happy with the 110hp, the car drives fine, and the engine is relaxed, wich has helped its longevity
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I’ve got a ten year old GTI and the amount of power you can get out of these engines with really simple, cheap mods is crazy.
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Don't Manufacturers do this for years? My 2005 Ford was available with 60 and 70HP and those engines were basically identical
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Seems like this scheme might save you money in countries where insurance is extremely expensive? Since car's official power figure is the original one.