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When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next? (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Oh, we definitely were. If you don't want something connected to the cloud, your options are:

  • buy from a very small company
  • build yourself something, kitcar style
  • buy something from 20 years ago

Everything else is a rolling data vacuum

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I feel the same way about the new cars which is why I'm still driving a 2012. I genuinely have no idea what I would get if I wanted something newer.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I'm rocking a 2006 VW Polo. Thing's a beast. Almost no power, endless tiny things wrong, but I got pushed off the road by a cement pump truck...and I mean...yeah it was "written off" but only because popping the dents and repainting it would be more than it's value. Most of what's gone wrong I've been able to fix myself for less than £100, and going to my friend's place to use his garage and big jack.

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