Now people will even more inclined to not stop when needed...
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Anyone know any brand that doesn't pull this kind of shit in their cars?
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Guess I wont stop then. Kids crossing the road? Too bad, I don't wanna see the ads just because you have to get to the other side...
I was looking for a car a few months ago and was looking at newer models, used, but mostly less than a decade old. Then I started reading about all the tracking and such.
I gave in to my inner teenager and bought a 2001 Porsche 911.
The entertainment center can connect via Bluetooth but there's no Android Auto, no navigation. It has Sirius XM but I never had a subscription to it and never will.
I might add a backup camera but that's it. My phone is more than enough tracking, even with as much of it shut off as possible.
This is the way.
Add in a magnetic charger phone mount and you're golden in my opinion.
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Oh this is the first time I've seen this wiki in the wild, neat!
The car screen is a nice flat surface to attach the suction cup of your phone mount.
The ad they show is an ad for their own extended warranty package and it says that "Odometer must be less than 36000 miles to purchase" Anyone wanna take bets for whether or not that will actually shut up once you go over 36k miles? (I'm betting no)
We're really deep into nightmare territory with the kind of stuff companies feel its ok to do to customers..
There'll be a special maintenance package that will be available. Then it'll be ads for new Stellantis vehicles.
"Check Engine light on again? Check out the new 2027 Jeep Wagoneer! You'll definitely get more miles out of the new one compared to the 2025 model thats now broken"
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If the jeep even makes it to 36k.
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Please do. But keep in mind, when I invariably get jump-scared by your infotainment system and crack my head on the car ceiling, I'm going to turn your revenue stream into my personal early retirement pension.
Oh don't be silly. It was YOU who got distracted! The laws are for thee, not me!
-The corporation, probably
Sounds like the Jeep corporate execs should be charged with all the crimes that result from road rage incidents involving people who own Jeep products.
A Jeep was the worst car I've ever had
Lol! Imagine in 5pm traffic!..
Broom! Broom!
Stop!
Hey! You driving! The university of Phoenix has a degree just for you!
Go!
Stop!
And wells Fargo can help! Our loans are only 8% Apr!
Go!
Stop!
Pah pah pah pah....I'm loving it! At McDonalds we brought back the stegosaur burger! PST! Its actually crock!
Go!..
Note to self: Don't buy a Jeep.
I dunno man. Harrison Ford made it sound like it was more rewarding than raising children and more important than world peace. You gonna turn your back on what seems to be something more fulfilling to Harrison Ford than religion just because it's an inferior product and it's pushing ads in your face like a free playstore game?
Note to self: Don’t buy a Jeep.
And if the only way you remember that is by a strong hook and bass line, I've got you covered.
Ok, I’ll bite.
Did OP just time travel 25 years and post something from Slashdot?
I was just thinking the slashdot used to be a massive source of traffic across the internet.
And now it's a sink. How times change.
I mean fark.com is still kicking, last I checked. I feel like some of these old sites are the web equivalent of BIFL products.
Replied to a comment there today; can confirm it's alive.
Stop 👏 Buying 👏 New 👏 Shit 👏
I could run a whole community on how to recycle, reuse, repurpose. Why the hell are people buying new cars?!
Yup. Keeping old cars going on fossil fuels is so much better than millions of new cars being built every year, and in order for them to be built they ship them around the world to seperate facilities. I could go on and on
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No fucking way. Not even if the car was free.
Now hold on there, I'd let them do the ads and the vehicle tracking bs if the car was nice and it was free.
If I'm buying the car, there's no fucking way.
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I'm curious what the customer agreement is for this? Is it in relatively plain sight or is this buried deep in the purchase agreement