Posted on 01/17/2022 8:07:13 AM PST by DoodleBob
“Remember Cash-for-Clunkers”? I was criticized on FR at the time for saying that it was deliberate to get rid of the non-computerized vehicles and making us dependent on those who controlled the computers.”
Kinda bittersweet to be right about something so terrible.
“This has become common with scientific equipment. “
For decades Intel chips.
...except for most of the people on this board.
I suppose that would have prevented my wife from wrecking my truck in 2 inches of snow.
Who said “...no one wants it all.”? Can’t find that phrase in this thread.
Oh, I did say that, didn’t I? lololol.
Yes, no one wants it AT all. No they don’t. Really. They say they do, but they won’t buy them because they don’t have the backbone to endure the sneering disrespect from driving it.
TEynwerent making quite enough money apparently so,they took a $1 key and turned it into a couple hundred dollar remote start key fob, AND thye limit you to,a certain amount of the new expensive keys. If you lose more than the allotted amount, they have to replace the whole “anti-theft unit” at a much higher price, znd then you start all over with new keys, which you have to buy in addition to,the new anti-theft unit
Gone,are the days you can walk into an aubechons or Lowes znd get a replication key made for $1,which actually starts your car.
“Yes, no one wants it AT all. No they don’t. Really. They say they do, but they won’t buy them because they don’t have the backbone to endure the sneering disrespect from driving it.”
Makes no sense.
We had remote start o. A truck once, and everytime it got down to a certain temp, the dang thing would start during the night. Not sure if it was the remote start, or some mechanism that automaticslly started the vehicle at certain low temp. First time I heard it happen, thought someone was stealing the vehicle lol.
LOL 😆 some,car company should run that znd say “our company won’t force you to obey us, or subscribe to a remotely controlled system just to drive your own vehicle”
“they took a $1 key and turned it into a couple hundred dollar remote start key fob,”
The ‘feature’ was not a part of the quoted design. It was discovered by some user that a sequence of button presses would start the car.
People look down on me for driving that car. Is that clearer? However, I laugh all the way to the bank. Hope that makes it more comprehensible to you.
Mine has done the same thing a few times. I started keeping the fob in a hard shell pouch designed for keeping earbuds in. That way I can’t accidentally push the buttons on it. I haven’t had it starting unexpectedly nor have I had doors opening when I don’t expect them to.
However it is just that, a convenience or nice-to-have not a necessity, not even remotely. (pun intended) If there was an ongoing fee associated with it I would let it lapse. In fact such a thing would deter me, would be a black mark against choosing that make/model to begin with.
I already have very low regard for Toyota - they are one of the 3 makes on the market on my "never buy" or "never even consider" list.
What I am saying is that we had perfectly good working keys we could get for $1, but someone somewhere said “let’s do away with that ability and force everyone to buy less with chips in them that cost hundreds, and limit how many they can have and force the to replace the whole antilock device if they lose their allotted number of keys
I’m shopping for a brand new SUV now. Looking at the prices, a subscription to anything is insulting.
I wasn’t pushing the buttons though. It was happening during the night while everyone was asleep. (Unless a mouse ran across the key fob or something-)
“I already have very low regard for Toyota - they are one of the 3 makes on the market on my “never buy” or “never even consider” list.”
A Toyota with 100k miles is barely broken in.
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