Re:Roadster 3.0
by throwawaymsft on Friday December 26, 2014 @07:09PM
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I think you missed the key point the parent was making: what other manufacturer offers to upgrade your car's hardware (without it being part of a safety recall!).
They'd rather you buy a new car with the better battery pack, vs. just upgrading that component.
It is quite common for some time, that a number of features are just a bit flip in the settings if it is enabled in your car or not. That is the reason why there is a whole industry around, which do things like "chip tuning". They just reverse engineered those things.
May be you can't go to a dealer in the US. But that is related to a different market situation. I learned, in the US you buy that car that the dealer has in his show floor available. In Europe, especially in Germany I order my car to my like. I can also go to that dealer and "add" features afterwards.