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Hack Your Car

Posted by michael on from the pistons-exiting-through-hood dept.

gurps_npc writes "The New York Times has this story about hacking your car's chip. You can get significant horse power and torque boosts (+18 horsepower and +70 foot pounds of torque in the given example), as well as improve (or decrease) fuel efficency. The car companies do not like (surprise surprise) people personalizing their vehicle's programming and warn of burning out your engine with bad code, and voiding your warranty."

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  1. Re:vlad mods? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just get a really disgusting fat pig of a person to lay on the floor with their mouth open.

  2. IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR BUYING GERMAN YOU FAG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
  3. Re:YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Please kill yourself. You're not funny and you never were. Shut the fuck up, asshat.

  4. Re:Magnusson Moss Warranty Act by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That doesn't sound too intelligent. It sounds like you're a fucking retard who doesn't know crap about cars.

    A cheap ricer who can't afford a real car, I guess?