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ECU tweakers are already very popular with diesel vehicles. Something like that seems legal even under these restrictions.

Buy/rent a device to mod your own vehicle.

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Huh, I've never seen those before, and I own a diesel car. Are they worth it? What do the tweakers do that the entire Mercedes crew couldn't?

> What do the tweakers do that the entire Mercedes crew couldn't?

Openly flout emissions standards.

I'm sure there's some irony in that sentiment ;-) Aside from the VW thing I think pretty much all diesels are above emissions standards in open road testing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Coal

Popular among a subset of diesel pickup truck owners.

Interesting, thanks.

"Malone" is a popular tune brand

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