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On Thursday, 12 May 2016 11:31:56 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
My freelander has had some EGR valve - that lowers emissions a bit -
removed and has gained power and economy as a results. Its a standard mod...
The price of electr9onics these days means that a basic 1.5KW motor can
be restricted to say 650W...remove the PCB and recover the power...


Inbuilt GPS now mean that vehicles and appliances could self-configure to local regulations.

It would be a bit extreme to see the steering wheel move from right to left halfway through the channel tunnel though, but headlamps could self-align.

Owain