Techart Tuned Porsche 718 Boxster

I took a closer look on their website & it's not for me either. I can't see anything that I'd really regard as a being a stylistic improvement over the standard car & that spoiler in particular is absolutely horrible. The exhaust tips (shown on a Cayman) would be quite nice if they weren't plastered in Techart branding but being as they unfortunately are, you can keep them as well.

Andros X Thomson said:

I've heard that there is potential for tuning to be clamped down on, but I don't think it goes into affect until next year. And of course people are already suing over it. Also, COBB is making tunes for both engines from what my Porsche dealer told me. So hopefully that will be available in the next few months.

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That proposal will never become law. The legislation is based on copyright law and attempts to apply copyright restrictions to the actual computer code in your car's ECU.

Thing is, if you own the vehicle you can do anything you want to its code except for code that controls infotainment and emissions; that was backed up by a Federal court review of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) in November 2015. The final wording of that finding:

Computer programs that are contained in and control the functioning of a motorized land vehicle such as a personal automobile, commercial motor vehicle or mechanized agricultural vehicle, except for computer programs primarily designed for the control of telematics or entertainment systems for such vehicle, when circumvention is a necessary step undertaken by the authorized owner of the vehicle to allow the diagnosis, repair or lawful modification of a vehicle function; and where such circumvention does not constitute a violation of applicable law, including without limitation regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation or the Environmental Protection Agency; and provided, however, that such circumvention is initiated no earlier than 12 months after the effective date of this regulation.

Basically, as long as an aftermarket entity doesn't sell the base code itself, it can market adjustments to the code for repair or modification purposes as long as it does not affect infotainment or make the car unlawful to the DoT or the EPA. This decision is good until late 2018 -- exceptions for Copyright Office guidelines as they relate to the DMCA are reviewed every three years -- and I very seriously doubt the current administration will become more diligent about ECU-flash aftermarket than the previous one.

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