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Dissing car brands is console wars for boomers (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 11 months ago by Skullgrid to c/showerthoughts
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Things like "Fiat stands for "Fix It Again Tony"" etc.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The wave of cars being stolen in the US via the use of USB cords has soured me on those brands permanently.

The fact that the vulnerability was fixed via a software patch did not do wonders for my opinion either.

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Did you even read my comment?

[–] HollandJim 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] HollandJim 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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. Only in the US because the law at that time didn’t require it, but other brands who also sell worldwide (where it is absolutely required) didn’t consider this an option. Kia/Hyundai clearly did. 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..?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yes.

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