Posted on 04/12/2024 5:38:55 AM PDT by ShadowAce
In this video we're talking abour GEOFENCING and GEOTIMING and how it could stop your car from going where you want, when you want, and it applies to all cars after around 2016. Scary stuff. #News #EV #BigBrother
The math only works if you want to blow some excess cash.
Mecum auctions, or many aucti9ns really, you can get some pretty nice older vehicles for a few $1000 dollars depending on make and model, some 3ven with low miles from folks who garaged the vehicle after their spouse passed. Just gotta bring a mechanic along to listen to the engine, check the chassis over and transmission, and a few minor details to cut down on the chance of buying a lemon.
“If your car has GPS, it’s a simple software matter to geofence you and restrict your movement if the government desires it.”
Yep, and I would not put it past them to have the capability to control the system through your cell phone and blue tooth synced with the car.
So your transportation and your personal tracking and credit score device are tied together as one cooperative system.
Hahaha, my buddy buys old cars and has a fleet of 30+ cars ranging from the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, with his ONLY new vehicle being the biggest RAM truck he could get with the Cummings Diesel.
If the EMP ever hits, I will have a car to drive. I think I’d go for the 1970 AMX.
Time to get your Mad Max on.
I just read you can turn it off but you use it to avoid cell phone towers ,D’oh
Gonna go back in time!🎶🎵🎧
I have a 1997 Toyota Corolla, 161,000 miles. I’m keeping it around, though when I am able to purchase another vehicle it certainly won’t be a new one. Maybe in the 2010-2015 year range.
“Say what.? How could my vehicle stop me from going where I want, when I want to go??”
That electronic button you push to start it now instead of a mechanical switch engaged with a key. The fancy display screen is in fact a computer that controls all the operating systems of your car. Your steering wheel is only connected to a computer. The computer interprets the input from the wheel and determines which way to go. Same with the gas pedal: no direct mechanical linkage. All electronic. That computer has an antenna, and is receiving/transmitting data whenever it’s on. That data to/from whom, I don’t know. Several cases of cars “mysteriously” having a mind of their own. Some even explode (see Brian Kemp’s potential son-in-law).
I have been thinking about that a lot lately.
He said EV cars and ones with SOS button
This is why I will drive my 2000 Kia until it dies. Rethinking whether or not to sell our 2 1965 Dodge Darts.
“Rethinking whether or not to sell our 2 1965 Dodge Darts.”
Keep them, they are even EMP proof and more reliable than anything built today. You are already ahead of the game going into the future. They will still run when nothing else will.
My van is 1990 and car is 2005...
Whew! Guess I’m safe...
Better off sticking with something older than the 2010-2015 year range. In fact I would spend the money to restore something before 1985.
Yep. An older classic will outlast two newer cars that cost 60k plus each nowdays. Well worth the 20k investment.
A comparison would be investing in cast iron pans rather than wasting money on cheap aluminium pans. You are going to go through a lot of those cheap pans before you will wear out a cast iron pan.
And depending on make, year, and model not only will they hold their value, they can actually increase in value. You can sell it after using it 20 years and actually make a profit because of the demand for classic cars.
But anything before 1970 will bring you a profit even after driving it for 20 years. This is what I have done most of my life. Pick up vehicles made before 1970 and put 10k-20k in them and then double my investment after I drive them for 10 years. I don’t lose money because of depreciation, I actually make money in the end because of the demand for classics.
I was going to come back home and get it for use after tech school (1982) but my mother sold it without my knowledge. To say I was pissed is an understatement. I was furious! My need to purchase another vehicle led me down a path of financial hardship that I still deal with to this day.
I bought a new mazda protoge in 2001. Then I gave it to my
GF in about 2006 cause while it was a great car in every way the acceleration sucked and I could not deal with that.
I did all the maintenance its whole life and it needed very little.
Sold it for her last year with 260k miles and I think it probably will last for another 100k.
all of my cars while much faster have required a lot more maintenance.
I thought that time frame would still give me a vehicle that wasn’t “wired to the Starfleet mainframe,” sort to speak. But I plan on keeping my old Toyota running as long as possible.
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