VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power

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VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power - Lemmy

Lemmy

It’s £165/yr for 27 more hp…27hp. Jesus fuck is that insulting.
Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription

Owners can now subscribe to boost the power of their car… for a fee

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

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.

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?