Cars as we know them have been around for over 100 years. And the internet as we know it just a few decades. Why all of a sudden is there some need for internet access to a car’s operations? I just don’t understand why there is such a feature.
In the 1980’s cars were first equipped for remote diagnosis when the “check engine” light came on. At the dealer & dialed up to the factory. Then early laptops could plug into the car’s diagnosis socket & do the same.
I’ve got a 1977 Mercedes parked in a barn. May have to look at getting it running again. No black box no nuthin’.