Good, I know which brand to stay away from when I buy a new car
The problem is VW owns like 70 other brands
Just avoid them too.
Insanity. Like cars don’t cost enough already.
It’s not “increase”. The correct phrasing is “remove artificial limitation”.
I’m in the market for a new car in the next 6mo, and VW just got taken off the list 🤷♂️
Haha, jokes on them, the modder scene there will hack that in 30 seconds.
sure, assuming that’s possible but you’d also lose your warranty
Like the modder scene cares about warranties. Plus dealerships lack the ability to tell when a cpu has been modded (I have friends in the scene, the stuff I’ve seen them do with CPUs is impressive, dealerships don’t have a clue).
Some of these mods are an external box that simply feeds the needed data to the CPU. Remove the box, no problem. Some are done inside (for racing), and you’d be hard pressed to know anythings been changed. Some is just software - good luck proving that’s been changed if a cpu is dead (and dead really doesn’t happen).
Besides, warranties on car CPUs are virtually meaningless. My family/friends have been in the racing scene since the 60’s, and used some of the first electronic fuel injection systems, that were analog (talk about fun to troubleshoot). We’ve seen a grand total of 2 cpu failures in that time…(one probably from being abused) - these things just don’t die.
Don’t support the people trying to control everything with this “void your warranty” nonsense. People say this about phones too, it’s just a scare tactic.
Like the modder scene cares about warranties.
maybe not but that’s the very small minority of car owners… plus you seem to be seriously underestimating software locks
Don’t support the people trying to control everything with this “void your warranty” nonsense. People say this about phones too, it’s just a scare tactic.
it’s absolutely not a scare tactic. I am completely against this garbage trend but pretending we can all risk the warranty on a 60k purchase like car racers do is ridiculous
You, and only YOU, should own what you buy.
exactly… 100%
Next time they’d try super-stop service.
Lmao
In 2035 you’ll have to pick them up and run like Fred Flintstone if you don’t pay an annual subscription fee
Most efficient system folks
I don’t get why I should be outraged by this - and I drive a VW EV.
Just like Tesla did the same when I (unfortunately) had a car from them a few years back.
Or USRobotics that sold me a Sportster 14.4 Vbis that was exactly the same hardware as the much more expensive 16.8 DS back in the early 90s.
Heh I had to look the last one up: https://www.ebay.com/itm/383677178842
Anyway I guess people understandably don’t like the idea of software gated subscriptions creeping into the mechanical parts of cars. It’s not only selling the same thing for more: it’s a safety/security risk.
Your modem card won’t kill someone if its subscription software bugs out.
Tesla shouldn’t have done it either… honestly people just didn’t really know much about them back then.
