What is going on

[angrychair]

Yesterday I started to see stories about how car manufacturers are already moving to a subscription service for your car functions, from seat warmers to navigation. To maintain the full functionality of you car you could spend $600 dollars or more a year just to use stuff that was just part of car a couple years ago.

Now, on top of that, Congress, including Democrats, have passed the law (in Biden's infrastructure bill) and now the funding in this latest appropriations bill, to mandate kill switches in cars.
The short explanation is that when you start up the car and even while you are driving, the car gets decides if you are driving ok or acting drunk, tired or reckless and if it thinks you are any of those bad things it just shuts itself off, completely on its own and you have no ability to turn it back on. Sweet. I'm sure that will go perfectly.

All I know is my next car will be used car.
Reference: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-didnt-approve-kill-switch-law-allowing-government-to-shut-off-your-car-remotely-heres-context/ar-AA1Vkaqu

[wcmagumba]

1. I really want my 1965 Mercury Monterey with the cool power rear window back...It just worked...

[angrychair]

2. I love old cars like this

Dream cars are a '63 Corvette stingray with the split back window or the '69 Mustang Mach 1.

Don't own either yet but I will eventually.

[musette_sf]

4. We had a 1963 Monterey

My Mom loved that car. The breezeway window was great.

[wcmagumba]

6. I bought it used in about 1974. The blue paint was a little faded but they had put brand new vinyl seat covers on...

The seats were very nice and comfy with those seatcovers. My HS girl friend liked them too...I really loved the rear window...It had an adjustable steering wheel, all power windows and a nice radio too...fun times...

[Bluestocking]

3. I like the subscription idea

When I buy a new car I hate having to pay extra for features I don’t want. I have always bought the base model when I buy a new car. The only feature I want is air conditioning. Now I can buy a new car and choose not to subscribe to any of the features.

[2naSalit]

5. I'll keep my...

'92 4Runner, thank you very much. Paid it off a long time ago, I love that part.