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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by rtkwe on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:13PM (#50456540)
That all depends on how easy it is to reflash the ECU with a governor-delete version of the firmware.
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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by kridsdale1 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @03:26PM (#50458200)
Hello Claude and REA
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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by ErroneousBosh on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:28AM (#50464510)
Doubt you'd need to go that far. You probably just have to do a Button Dance while turning the ignition on to put it into a config mode.
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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by ErroneousBosh on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @04:48PM (#50459164)
It'll be like the 25mph mopeds, unplug a wire.

At worst it'll be a checkbox in the software.

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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by rtkwe on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:13PM (#50461654)
Wheel speed sensors are a bit more important on cars, ABS for one relies on them.
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