Cheaper than a car payment… By a lot. I budget about 1500 a year and just act like thats my car payment.

I had to give up my '08 manual transmission rear wheel drive technodumb car last month due to it finally going downhill (in its operation and in the easiest direction to push it). Will miss the fun, and the privacy.

I buy used cars. I had an X-Trial I bought 8 years ago for £2000. It lasted 7 years. I did basic maintenance myself like brakes, oil, etc. on the end the flywheel needed replacing. To the scrap it went. Bit 2k for 7 years!

Guilty as charged, I owned a total of 5 jeep/Chrysler/Dodge vehicles way back when. Moved to Infiniti, then Tesla (fucking got rid of it within a year) and now I have a Chinese BYD with every telematic disabled.

I design UI for systems infinately less likely to kill you when distracted than a vehicle interface.

The only possible glitch is that this is appearing before it was supposed to.

Being triggered specifically when the vehicle is stopped shows a lot of thought on the cover your ass for saftey lawsuits front, that was no mistake.

Public transit might be great, but it is certainly not ad-free.

Unfortunately, public transportation in my country is garbage, and I’m being considerate with that word.

It’s a glitch that it rolled out today instead of next week.

That or the dumb fucks in charge of these companies still think it’s the 90’s where everyone thought that machines would suddenly gain sentience.

Some buses are also smaller than some US cars.

Adds a whole new angle for arguing in favor of the /fuckcars movement.

They are selling right hand drive converted Yank Tanks in Australia. They are double the price after shipping, rhd conversion and making them compliant. They don’t fit on our roads at all and are very restricted with payload and towing because of car licence weight restrictions. To tow more you need a truck license (light rigid).

They also have no spare parts here in Aus. Plenty of “overlanders” spending $25k to get it towed out of the outback, back to a major city and get parts flown in from Detroit. They are too heavy and wear out components on the dirt. They are built for highway only

If you want a “truck” in Aus, you buy an Isuzu or Mitsubishi cab-over truck which is like US$35,000 with a tray or box.

the cybertruck does that. it’s still allowed.

They’re also cheap so many people buy more frequently and the older ones get exported overseas to less wealthy nations which is why you don’t see them here.

As for the blinking brake light, that is almost never done at the factory, it’s a symptom of our stupid dealership model where dealers will add useless aftermarket crap to differentiate themselves from other dealers of the same car. None of that would be needed if it was legal to buy directly from the manufacturer.

Here’s an article from last year. It’s Australian, but I think it likely that car brands have the same or similar privacy policies wherever you go.

In short: Tesla and Korean brands are the worst. Japanese brands apart from Mazda are the best for privacy.

That was my immediate reaction as well. I guess the AI author forgot which blog it was posting to.

Didn’t they get caught up in the hulk Hogan dick pic scandal?

That’s the easy “justification” used 99% of the time. Every single company. Fuck them all.

I agree with the principle of it, but it’s also a slow and tedious process, one that the complainer won’t benefit from for years, if ever.

Not that you shouldn’t do it, but it’s not a solution to what happened here.

Hold onto it, farthings are already gone, so once they get rid of pennies you’ll have to “upgrade” to a Dime Nickel :P