I'd quit my job and start running the campaign for anyone who's willing to run on outlawing this shit. I'd work 75 hour weeks handing out fliers about distracted driving.
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
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Welp. Never buying a new Dodge vehicle or from a Dodge lot.
0 tolerance for this.
BMW, Mercedes, Tesla, Toyota, Jeep, Dodge have all tried to add subscriptions to their vehicles basic functions or otherwise monetize owned property.
Hit their mommies and daddies, while Im at it.
BMW Group: BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce
Mercedes-Benz Group: Mercedes-Benz, Smart
Tesla, Inc.: Tesla
Toyota Motor Corporation: Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu, Hino
Stellantis (Owner of Jeep & Dodge): Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Ram, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Citroën, Vauxhall.
Tfw your car is trying to reach you about its own extended warranty
Yet another car I’ll never buy.
So... um... will the buyer get money from Dodge to drive this shit then?
I never thought I would say this, but thank god there are a bunch of car hobbiest in my area.
If this type of invasive shit becomes mainstream, I at least know that the auto community around me will be able to fix anything that gets put into my travel device.
Just make a list of advertisers who actually advertise in these, and actively avoid & shame them. It is fair that they try new things out, but the problem is, when the consumers accept them.
I sometimes wonder if my current car will be my last new car. My car has some tracking that I can supposedly disable, so I understand the appeal of classic cars more. I might have to pick up a mint condition early 2000s car for my midlife crisis.
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If you've bought any Stellantis Fiat Chrysler Dodge Jeep etc. product in the last 20 years then you deserve this. Absolute junk.
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nobody deserves it more than dodge charger owners
That’s one way to increase running red lights.
Like that sounds like it should be banned by the ntsb or dot… oh wait they don’t exist anymore, or soon to be cut.
Hard no on that shit
I would take that car back immediately. Fuck that.
Before starting the engine please watch this 30 second unskippable ad
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Probably for bail bondsmen