https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tmcnallyHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:24:55 +0000Remove meat proxy before flight

]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:56:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49152591tmcnallyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49152591https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49152591Focusing on US, not EU: Had a 2020 m340i delivered pre2020 so lived through this. The niche market also understands this, C3 made a full breakdown presentation for the Volkswagen scandal (https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7331-the_exhaust_emissions_scand...) that makes your first point moot.

]]>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:39:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49132411tmcnallyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49132411https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49132411BMWs have decent 'mod' support, if you fully own a msport/M you can be mitigating OTA updates in firmware to retain your perf/exhaust pops as regulations/OEMs change goals. Original firmware b58s (m340/z4m40) are infamously coveted for specific software/hardware versions... Same logic can be applied to this strange advert thingy

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