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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight... Just What Nobody Asked For (fuelarc.com)
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Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (6 children)

As an unfortunate owner of a Chrysler and having owned and driven a ton of other cars I can confidently say Stellantis makes the shittiest cars you can buy in US. On screen ads are just a small piece of an immense garbage island that is this shitty company.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I forget where I heard or read it, but there was an anecdote about a guy that worked for Toyota engineering in a department that would purchase competitor vehicles to disassemble them and see what they were up to, like what kind of innovations they were adding. They didn't bother with chryslers because the most they'd gain was new ways to design a car to be difficult to maintain or repair.

    My friend had an early 00s intrepid and would always bring up needing to remove the passenger tire and wheel well to replace the battery any time car maintenance was brought up.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    My wife's first car was a Dodge Stratus. It was the worse. It had a battery leech and I couldn't find what was leeching power. She was stuck on the side of the road and I bought a battery to try and save her and didn't realize I was also needed to remove the front passenger tire.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why on EARTH would you need to remove a TIRE to replace a BATTERY...!?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    What made things even harder was that the plastic wheel well used steel wood screws, which is exposed to salt. So the screws were completely rusted out. I ended up having to breaking the screws and zip tying the plastic wheel wells in place.

    Never ever again.

    I fucking hated that car.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I want to really know how often this works. Has there ever been a single instance where someone says....."let me read this popular. Oh my! I really should get am extended warranty. Let me just click accept."

    And even if they do accept it, what then? Does Dodge expect the person to continue reading the terms of service and enter their credit card info....in their car?

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