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alexpotatoyesterday at 6:28 PM3 repliesview on HN

This reminds me of an old story about Hertz and Ford Mustangs.

Goes something like this:

- Ford makes the original Mustang (which everyone loves)

- Ford makes different versions of the Mustang (some more powerful than others e.g. the Shelby)

- Hertz had a special custom Shelby model made for them

- You could rent that special model from Hertz

- So, people would buy a lower end Mustang, rent the higher end Mustang from Hertz, swap out the engines and return the Hertz Mustang

There is actually a lot of extra detail in this article if people are interested: https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2024/rememberi...


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m463today at 1:14 AM

This is actually what HP is doing.

They are taking a sku without telemetry, and quietly swapping in a machine with extensive telemetry and hardware locks that they can drive after you have taken possession.

bluedinotoday at 12:59 AM

The current urban legend is swapping a junkyard 5.3 for the Chevrolet 6.0 in a U-Haul truck, rent one and switch them and return it.

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tedunangstyesterday at 7:27 PM

"People" could really use a number attached to it.

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