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Apr 30, 2026 | 12:58 PM

Missileboy

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The man is coming inside your car!

This concept has been around for a while now and some of this tech has been used in commercial vehicles already. I wonder what this will do to the prices of used or "pre configured" cars when it becomes standard in every new vehicle? You think it is possible that older "non-compliant" cars like C5's will become un-registerable? Or like my 2020 Mustang have to be brought up to compliance if I want to be able to drive it? I know in my 2024 Truck, my "modem" was broken when I picked it up and I didn't let them fix it as I don't like OTA updates and such that I cannot approve or verify before hand. I can still use the USB to feed any SW updates I may want, but to date, the truck has worked great except for the GPS and I use my phone for that. My truck is "whippled" and tuned as well, so I don't want any ability for some outside SW to possibly screw with my ECU and it's functionality. Anyway, interesting how these things are snuck in and it is always under the guise of safety, but like the moderator says, what happens when these system get it wrong? Who really owns the vehicle if some outside agency or algorithm decides when you can or can't drive?

Apr 30, 2026 | 01:30 PM

MWWarlord

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I suspect we'll be okay in our C5's. If they force "classic" cars off the road, it will be through emissions laws. My 2016 SUV should be fine as well. As for newer cars, this isn't news. Like the lady in the video said there's been reporting on this for years. However, with the intellectual debt being created by AI, pretty soon nobody under a certain age will care. 1984 here we come.

May 3, 2026 | 03:29 AM

Tusc

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May 3, 2026 | 01:03 PM

Prop Joe

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Recently started an LLC and was thinking of a new truck to haul tools around to the local airports and make a little money to help offset what we pay for our health insurance. Nope. Not buying anything new that has this safety "feature". This is a really bad trend. Where does this end?
I've been watching Car Coach for a while, she also puts articles on Newsmax. For a Toyota, I read that you can opt out, if write a letter to Toyota, to get all the tracking turned off. Once this is signed into law, I bet there is no opting out. I also read that the fine print of what these new cars are tracking is built into the acceptance documents of new cars/trucks upon delivery. Buyer beware. I'm sure they are NOT advertising this feature. Tell everyone you know.
This "Feature" was snuck in during one of those huge bills in 2021. Safety they say...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...g-reality.html

May 3, 2026 | 01:18 PM

Tusc

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There are lots of things being considered in that industry. Toyota was going to sell you a car but then sell you subscriptions to the options already on it which you wish to use. The goal being to simplify production lines to reduce cost and then also boost revenue. Ford had patented something recently which folks considered sinister, though I forget the topic as presented on some yt video, but as soon as it was public knowledge Ford had to quickly recant and say.... Nooooooo, we wouldn't do that..... But we wanted to patent it anyway.

May 6, 2026 | 12:15 PM

Missileboy

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what bothers me the most about a lot of these concepts are how the data collected could be sold to insurance companies and used to jack up your rates. It's one thing if you agree to something in advance like that stupid Progressive Safe Driver ODBII device that monitors your speed and other driving parameters and reports it back to the mothership. But something running in the background and "narc'in" on ya without your approval is just too Big Brother to me. They kinda can do that now anyway with cell phone tracking and using your EZ Pass and the like to see where you go, how fast you go etc.
But I can keep those in a RF bag if I want. I work for the gov, I know how freaking shady they are and all of the crap they can do without you ever knowing it.

Today | 12:30 AM

LegionnaireCM

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I’m actually surprised that more American people aren’t revolting against this, while simultaneously demanding immediate resignations of the elected political ****** who’ve done this. Oh well… I’ll spend the extra $ for fast used cars, so when a communist wishes to stop me for refusing to be tracked (or shut down on the side of the road, at THEIR WILL), they’ll need lots of horsepower, and training, as I refuse to give up my freedom to proceed unobstructed by bureaucratic scum.