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Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription
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Enshittification
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Do they have something for Mercedes?
Are you dealing with diesel or petrol? Naturally aspirated petrol is pretty useless to tune, anything turbocharged has tuning potential, especially diesel where you can get ridiculous torque.
Electric. You can unlock higher speeds with a subscription for EQS.
Ah, I'm sure there's some way to do it, but not sure if it's been discovered yet.
I’m not sure. Everything I’ve found for Mercs replaced the ECU entirely