Thin End Of The Wedge?

[mawnansmiff]

A few weeks ago I read an article where hundreds of Tesla owners were locked out of their cars. Apparently they were unable to 'start' their cars the usual way....via mobile phone due to some glitch.***

Now we have this...

Tesla disables gaming while driving feature - BBC News

...and before anyone shouts at me, I do not condone playing Space Invaders whilst driving. What niggles me is that an owner no longer seems to have full and total rights or control to his or her own car.....it is all seemingly controlled by some software hub in some obscure town somewhere.

How long will it be before we see a person wanted by the police find themselves locked into their own car and driven directly to the local police station without having any interaction whatsoever?

A slippery slope make no mistake.

***What was wrong with starting a car with a key? Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest.

Gripe over

Regards and season's greetings to one and all,

Jay.

 

[Servant King]

This is why my dream car is a '67 VW bug.

 

[didimauw]

Yup I've been going backwards. Went from a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee to a 98 Cherokee. Never been happier.

 

[Grangerous]

Yup I've been going backwards. Went from a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee to a 98 Cherokee. Never been happier.

I had a circa 2000 Grand Cherokee. Lemme guess? You’ve replaced multiple window motors and presently, one of your rear tail lights is out?

 

[gamzultovah]

What niggles me is that an owner no longer seems to have full and total rights or control to his or her own car.....

Look around you… it’s not just your car that you have no rights over anymore.

 

[didimauw]

I had a circa 2000 Grand Cherokee. Lemme guess? You’ve replaced multiple window motors and presently, one of your rear tail lights is out?

Nope baseball sized hole in exhaust, no heat, radio don't work when led headlights are on...oh and it only ever starts on the second try. But that's it. Hahaha

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I like iceberg wedge salad.

 

[sablebrush52]

A few weeks ago I read an article where hundreds of Tesla owners were locked out of their cars. Apparently they were unable to 'start' their cars the usual way....via mobile phone due to some glitch.***

Now we have this...

Tesla disables gaming while driving feature - BBC News

...and before anyone shouts at me, I do not condone playing Space Invaders whilst driving. What niggles me is that an owner no longer seems to have full and total rights or control to his or her own car.....it is all seemingly controlled by some software hub in some obscure town somewhere.

How long will it be before we see a person wanted by the police find themselves locked into their own car and driven directly to the local police station without having any interaction whatsoever?

A slippery slope make no mistake.

***What was wrong with starting a car with a key? Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest.

Gripe over

Regards and season's greetings to one and all,

Jay.

If it keeps some SOB from running over a bunch of kids marching in a Christmas parade, I can live with it.

Besides, your virtual online existence is largely controlled by algorithms.

 

[mso489]

I think it might be much more fun to be Elon Musk than to own one of his cars. He's sort of a fireworks display of egotism, without much comprehension that there are other people in the world. I'm not sure if he has advanced the EV or set it back. EV's have a ways to go before they are a good household car for the working public. A little humility in their design would be good.

 

[Brendan]

Yup I've been going backwards. Went from a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee to a 98 Cherokee. Never been happier.

Yep 98 Grand Cherokee here, could be happier though - my thing has electrical bugs, which reminds me now to put the battery on charge over the Xmas break.

Aside from minor electrical bugs, the thing is unbreakable!

(Mine is an Austrian build, so maybe that's the issue)

 

[Brendan]

it only ever starts on the second try. But that's it. Hahaha

YES!!!, THIS TOO!!!

Mind you I've never tried to fix it and have learnt to live with it for the last couple of years...

 

[jaytex1969]

baseball sized hole in exhaust, no heat,

One piece of flexible duct can fix both of these problems.....

 

[beefeater33]

This is why my dream car is a '67 VW bug.

Mine too! 1967 is my birthyear. I had a 1971 bug once and LOVED it. I only sold it because I had bought it for $300 and one day a stranger on the street offered me $2500 for it- I just couldn't refuse as I was a recent college grad and BROKE AS F@&K!!

 

[Merton]

I like iceberg wedge salad.

me too...black olives and oil/vinegar
also a different version with blue cheese crumbles, blue cheese dressing and bacon crumbles

 

[karam]

Jeremy Clarkson said it nicely in an episode comparing supercars made in Margaret Thatcher's time vs Tony Blair time. He said something along the lines of "the controls of the cars of the Thatcher era are a bunch of yesmen, they do what you say, when you say it, the cars from Tony Blair's era are like driving by committee, we need the UN's opinion, we may need to bring Bono in...", and that's nearly 20 years ago now...

 

[FurCoat]

This is why my dream car is a '67 VW bug.

I had a 69. Wonderful car.

 

[FurCoat]

Look around you… it’s not just your car that you have no rights over anymore.

You said it brother.

 

[Casual]

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[Andriko]

It might get worse, my mum said she saw a thing about putting automatic speed limiters in cars becoming a thing.

But like gamzultovah said, it's not just your car.

 

[Andriko]

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Couldn't have said it better myself.