Don't know about engines, but l know of a limited slip diff being swapped for a standard one. It makes you wonder what you could get away with today,assuming 1) you can actually rent a car just like yours. 2) the cost of the rental is significantly less than buying the part in question. 3) would the rental agency ever find out if it wasn't a part they look at regularly? 4) build documentation is such that it could be eventually figured out if a different part was installed, but if it isn't caught immediately how do you prove who did it? I'm sure an engine and or transmission in a new car would be out of the question, because the cars computer system would tell the tale.
Today? I doubt you could do much today, cars are too damn complicated, and rental car fleets are too boring, or too expensive to have anything a person would want to trade up to.
Don't know about engines, but l know of a limited slip diff being swapped for a standard one. It makes you wonder what you could get away with today,assuming 1) you can actually rent a car just like yours. 2) the cost of the rental is significantly less than buying the part in question. 3) would the rental agency ever find out if it wasn't a part they look at regularly? 4) build documentation is such that it could be eventually figured out if a different part was installed, but if it isn't caught immediately how do you prove who did it? I'm sure an engine and or transmission in a new car would be out of the question, because the cars computer system would tell the tale.
ReplyDeleteToday? I doubt you could do much today, cars are too damn complicated, and rental car fleets are too boring, or too expensive to have anything a person would want to trade up to.
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