Make a car faster
There are perfectly legal ways to make a car faster. For this, however, a TÜV approval and a change in the vehicle documents are required in any case.
Many people dream of making their car a little faster. There are of course many dubious auto mechanics who can easily get more power out of the car engine can get out. But this is illegal. This means that the operating license and thus also the insurance cover expire in the event of illegal tuning measures.
Make a vehicle faster legally
- Before you let dubious hobbyists make your car faster, you should think about legal tuning options.
- In principle, you should only install parts in your car that have an ABE, which is the abbreviation for general operating permit.
- The easiest way to make a car faster is to add, or have installed, a different chipset for engine control. This is a very simple measure by which the engine develops more power.
- Of course, this is only worthwhile if changes are also made to the transmission. If only the engine power is increased, this increases the acceleration of the car, but by no means the top speed. But to actually make it faster, the gear ratios in the gearbox have to be changed.
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Have the car approved by the TÜV
- Even if you make your car faster with approved spare parts, the operating license can become invalid if the changes are not noted in the vehicle documents.
- That's why you need one first TÜV-Acceptance. To do this, you must inform the TÜV of all changed components and their approval numbers.
- After the successful acceptance, the changes are then entered in the vehicle documents. As soon as this is done, you are allowed to drive your car on public roads again.
Making your car faster can also affect the contribution to your automotiveLiability impact. Therefore, as a precaution, you should find out about the planned measure from your insurance agent.
