At this pace, I’ll either never change my car or will never buy a car again.

      • sunzu2
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        18 days ago

        some merit here older car, just cut it out and own it properly lol

        • @[email protected]
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          28 days ago

          Lots of it is tied to the ecu now, which can’t be tampered with if you live in a state with emissions inspections.

          I’m planning to when stuff starts failing though. And I will likely be installing a homemade OBD2 reporter so that it’ll keep passing.

          I don’t live in CA though, I wouldn’t mess with it then, the do tailpipe confirmation, and deeper inspections for CARB parts.

      • sunzu2
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        88 days ago

        well not getting all that data will be a tell tale lol

        • @[email protected]
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          58 days ago

          Easy solution: plausible deniability. Play dumb.

          “I dunno, man. I just turn the car on and off. I don’t know anything about car computers or whatever.”

          Them: “Did you take it anywhere to get it serviced?”

          “Just to get my tires inflated.”

          • @grue
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            78 days ago

            The fascists are already dismantling the CFPB. I’m sure the FTC will be on the chopping block soon, too.

            So who’s going to stop them when they flagrantly ignore the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and refuse to honor your warranty for having your car serviced somewhere other than a dealer?

            • @[email protected]
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              48 days ago

              And who’s going to stop them from claiming you did either way?

              The warranties are trash anyway. I’m not for the warranties in the first place, just pointing out that you could claim plausible deniability if you needed to while still ensuring they don’t get to surreptitiously send your driving data to your insurance company.

          • DankOfAmerica
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            38 days ago

            Them: Hey Sal! We got another liar that says he didn’t go through the 20 steps to disconnect the telemetry and thinks we’re gonna believe that some tire inflater just did him a solid without telling him…