Comment on People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...

• itsJoelle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yup. I worked as a locksmith for a decade there that reproduced immobilizer keys that were ‘dealer only.’ My tool allow me do all sorts of wild shit that was outside my field of interest – but resetting/setting the door panels on Fords was super nifty.

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• visiblink@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There already are: I’ve bought a regular remote start (the car came with subscription cellular remote start) and a little box to make my auto start-stop setting persistent.

  I checked into those things before buying. I guess that’s the world we’re in now.

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