[don kalmar union]

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This is another reason why Polestar maps are a good option - they are marketed by Volvo as "Software Optimisation" - not just performance improvements - and hence are usually treated more sympathetically.[/QUOTE]



It surely is to be expected that Volvo would offer their highly priced, so called 'premium' current vehicles with everything already optimised for the purpose

A company wholly owned by a murky 100% chinese entity would not function without absolute compliance with that country's gangster regime. To add to that what sort of company would employ a swedish chief executive who would have served a custodial sentence in a Bavarian prison for fraud were it for his not avoiding same by affording and making a massive cash payment in the style of Bernie Ecclestone into a Bavarian court.

Volvo is owned by questionable, secretive foreign interests through holding companies in the BVI and run day to day by individuals with proven questionable ethics.

Everything points to unregulated, unethical and questionable tactics with this outfit.

P* tagged software products are not to be compared with some comparable aftermarket specialist products. However, due to Volvo's PINCODE BANDITRY that prevents any other product being safely introduced via OBD. Such professionally written software calibrations that truly and safely optimise for higher outputs cannot be introduced except by removing a vehicle's ECU, opening it and addressing the board directly.

I would also make the point that this PINCODE BANDITRY facilitates a form of tolling by introducing these pincodes in practically every electronic function in their current vehicles. Volvo pincodes are vehicle specific and sometime even function specific within that vehicle, unlike their competitors who often use just a model range specific pincode. This is a flagrant violation of one of the pillars of EU competition law.

Don.