Comment on Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate.
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Yeah… fuck this shit. This is part of the reason I still drive a nearly 20 year old vehicle. It has features I want, and can’t be stolen via fucking API calls. Absolute insanity.
I think Hyundai/Kia group has done unfathomable damage to their brands. Kia, despite being a budget brand, wants to be seen as a legit competitor to Toyota or at least Nissan. Their corner cutting with the immobilizers and the resulting “USB” theft shit was bad enough. Now this exploit.
chakan2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They’re just terrible cars. I’ve had two…they were great until they weren’t. I literally had a screw fall out of the headliner the other day bringing it home from a nearly 1000$ exhaust patch/repair. It’s not 10 years old yet and only has 60k miles.
The other one has had the engine replaced already (under warranty thank god).
We are likely replacing both of them next year. I’m never buying a Kia again.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m so sad GM killed SAAB. Only decent cars left are Volvo and Subaru.
chakan2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Uh…what? How does a manual transmission work on a direct drive motor?
(And if you really want to do that, drop an electric crate engine in an 80s muscle car. I’m strongly considering it)
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
The 80s famously didn’t have any muscle cars due to the gas shortages of the 1970s, new emissions standards, and burgeoning popularity of Japanese imports.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Don’t apply physics to a wishlist. That’s not how wishing works. I’m aware it’s not possible, but stick shift is just fun to drive.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
just dont make it direct drive. boom.
chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 1 day ago
My Toyota with 300k+ miles has cost me $285 in repairs minus maintenance costs. I’ll likely get at least another 100k. Just placing these goalposts here…
tyler@programming.dev 16 hours ago
The stats disagree with you, so your anecdotes don’t really mean anything…
chakan2@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Um…sure Kia marketing sure
There’s a reason the resale value is so cheap.
4th_Times_A_Charm@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I had an '11 optima sx, right after the refresh. Beautiful car. Returned the lease on its 3rd engine.
1st one had a spark plug fail and basically melt. Piston seized. Had power, then it didn’t, while doing 60 over a bridge.
2nd one went after an engine mount failed. Block ended up cracking.
Only consolation was that I was paying kia prices, not their over inflated sense of self pricing they try now.