Comment on Dissing car brands is console wars for boomers

• HollandJim@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Location is irrelevant … That was choice by Hyundai/Kia, to cheap out and remove the immobilizers.

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  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Which they only did in the States. Nowhere else. Because they could. Because they have to be competitive with US manufacturers, who are all pulling the same shit

    There’s a good reason US-made cars don’t sell well outside the US

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    • HollandJim@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nope - US manufacturers are NOT pulling the same shit. Kia/Hyundai are the only brand in the US without immobilizers because they thought they could skimp there instead of a posher interior or more electro-gadgets. It was a stupid, stupid call and it should impact their reputation. If they skimp on something as elemental as security, where else have they skimped…?

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• ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes.

  I was trying to add a bit of context for those who don’t know.

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