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[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 125 points 10 months ago

dumb cars will be worth their weight in gold soon

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 57 points 10 months ago

Just like how manual cars became anti theft.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

My friend has his Kia broken into and started, but it’s a standard so they ditched it hahaha

[-] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

That's if you can find one for an affordable price.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I got a decent manual for about $12k back in February. And it was one of three on the lot I was there to look at all around that price: A GTI, a WRX, and a Mini.

I went with the GTI

[-] swag_money@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

right before the used car market exploded i got my manual Subaru for $3400 when it was worth about 10-12k because of a misfire. yeah it just had the wrong spark plugs in it :p and it's about as dumb as they come. it has a radio, abs, and cruise control - no other driving assists or telemetry

[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The fun tax is real... except unllike the poster below, I was looking for a Base model Subaru and not the WRX (even though the WRX is a bucket list car)

[-] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

most car thiefs can't drive a manual transmission

[-] pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

Oh right in the USA there are mostly automatic cars

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 42 points 10 months ago

My car got dumbed for me because they killed the 3g network it was running on

[-] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago

Just because you can't use it doesn't mean a hacker can't. If someone discovered a vulnerability in the 3g handshake or encryption protocol, it could be an avenue for an RCE.

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

Especially when there are no security updates anymore. They should just rip out any possible receiver there is for mobile communication

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago

Honestly if someone manages to figure that out I would want to know, that way I can finally use my cars remote start 😄

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 10 months ago

I wish, but most people don't know / care about this stuff, it's not going to really percolate into the public consciousness .

According to the dealership my car isn't worth it's weight grass clippings because it's too old.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

lol it's not the dealers who will want them

[-] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 10 months ago

I have a '01 Citroen and I'm gonna run it to the ground. She needs a big overhaul now, but for a 190'000Km car my baby is still pretty good.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The car will still work if you take the radio out or put a faraday cage around it, maybe that'll become a thing in the future, but that might fuck with the paid charging infrastructure for EVs. Doesn't impact gas.

[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
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