In message , at 12:23:59 on Sat, 3 Oct
2015, "Dave Plowman (News)" remarked:

If you wish to confuse the issue with questions like that, go ahead.

The car does, however, remain in the so-called "cheat mode",
permanently.

Then it's wrongly named. As it is no longer cheating.

If you like, but isn't it better to try to clarify what's actually
happening rather than score useless points over the wording?
--
Roland Perry