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Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Welp every manufacturer that shows this should go down immediately upon first offense.

Not even kidding, this should be corporate suicide.

Dodge and Jeep are (well Jeep already was tbh) both firmly on the "actively speak out against" list. If I was in a place of hugely inflated power, I would dismantle the entire company, and sell it to whoever that company likes the least.

This should honestly be a brand ending scenario in less than 5 seconds after the first ad. CEO should be in the bread line TODAY from getting hit with this.

ABSOLUTE zero tolerance. There are no valid arguments against this and I will die on this hill.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This should be punishable by firing squad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

Or better yet, the masterminds behind this will lose someone due to distracted driving over an ad.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

But I'm still not allowed to touch my cellphone while behind the wheel because the screen is too distracting, right?

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

If you do you must buy something

[–] [email protected] 8 points 57 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

This what I don’t get, those huge “infotainment” screens are perfectly acceptable, but you can’t answer a phone.

Edit; missed the letter “a”.

[–] sylver_dragon 19 points 2 hours ago

We dun fucked up when we made tarring and feathering CEOs illegal.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll accept this when the car comes for free.

[–] RushJet1 4 points 38 minutes ago

I know right? I would totally get an ad supported free car. Who knows, someone might make an ad block for it.

[–] applemao 36 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Stop buying new cars until they remove this bullshit. We can go 40 years with existing cars without buying a single new one.

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[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla 13 points 3 hours ago

You mean the "oopsie poopsie it's just a glitch nothing to see here" thing that was happening to jeeps a little while ago?

Color me shocked

[–] weremacaque 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

We need to tally up all the accidents and pedestrian hit-and-runs that occur involving cars with this “feature.” It would likely be enough of an increase you could reasonably make a class action lawsuit. I have no sympathy whatsoever for a car manufacturer that can’t get it through their heads that distracted driving is a major cause of accidents, and could easily happen by their own features.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

That's the grim truth, isn't it

[–] eric5949 24 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

This is why I'd rather rebuild my 30 year old civic's engine then buy a new car.

[–] AoxoMoxoA 1 points 10 minutes ago

I drove 80's and pre 92' VW's up until 2019 and now I'm exclusively driving pre 04 VW's . They are futuristic to me , heated sats , heat , AC its crazy .

I've amassed enough maintenance parts and transmissions to keep me going indefinitely..or until some jackass makes them illegal then I guess I'll just ride a bike

[–] andros_rex 1 points 46 minutes ago

Good that you have an older Civic. The newer ones are lemons - Honda cheaped out on the air condenser from 2017-2021, so no AC! The electrical shit in the dash is all kinds of fucked up too.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

That seems like a lot of hassle if you're then going to buy a new car anyway.

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[–] straightjorkin 10 points 3 hours ago

I'd quit my job and start running the campaign for anyone who's willing to run on outlawing this shit. I'd work 75 hour weeks handing out fliers about distracted driving.

[–] starvald_demelain 8 points 3 hours ago

So... um... will the buyer get money from Dodge to drive this shit then?

[–] SleepNotRequired 31 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Starting price is now $58,000.

They ditched selling the accessible models for the luxury market and they do the most cheap and trashy thing possible.

It's incredible how stupid millionaire CEOs can be.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What? That’s about double the price of a Camry which is probably a better car all around

[–] SleepNotRequired 7 points 2 hours ago

It seems like every US brand under Stellantis has completely lost their minds.

Jeep has become all around terrible while becoming more expensive at the same time and it looks like the same thing is happening to Dodge.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago

It does appear... pretty bootleg.

Starting price on a new Dodge Charger is $61,590, get on that inflation train, boss!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

If you've bought any Stellantis Fiat Chrysler Dodge Jeep etc. product in the last 20 years then you deserve this. Absolute junk.

[–] Anti_Iridium 3 points 2 hours ago

My 2006 dodge says I do not deserve this.

[–] Spaceballstheusername 4 points 2 hours ago

I bought a Pacifica plug in hybrid because I wanted electric and needed a minivan for my 3 kids. Worst decision ever.

[–] ArchmageAzor 43 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Did you know John Deere tractors have a dedicated piracy scene? Because the tractors require authorized technicians to service them and doesn't allow farmers to service them themselves, spoofed firmware has appeared and is fairly frequently used to bypass this.

My point is, if you can jailbreak a tractor you can jailbreak a car. Just a matter of time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Hell yes I do.

When that old antipiracy ad was like "you wouldn't download a car," turns out they were vastly overestimating your average American tractor owner or car driver's respect for the corporate arcology.

[–] DarrinBrunner 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Arcology: architectural ecology, a city intended to be contained in a single structure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Thanks boss, I used the word and I'm like "I'm maybe 10% sure this is a word and most that confidence is coming from SimCity 2000" but then I went full send, I might not be the best journalist.

You know, I meant the corporate hierarchy. They're increasingly living in Spacex company towns or other arcologies and such. The gated communities, whatever the corpo version of the Ivory Tower is. In a word, that one building from SimCity 2000.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty much everyone asked for this with their actions and choices as consumers. Lucky us, we can still choose not to buy a Dodge Charger or a Swasticar.

[–] thebluehood_380 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It’s def gonna spread tho. This is just one model one make. For now. In 2, 5, 10 years? CP77 without any of the fun shit.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Unless everybody now says “I’ll never buy anything from dodge”. If it doesn’t impact sales it really will become the new norm.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

You'd really need to boycott anything made by the Stellantis group, which includes

  • Abarth
  • Alfa Romeo
  • Chrysler
  • Citroen
  • Dodge
  • DS
  • Fiat
  • Jeep
  • Lancia
  • Maserati
  • Opel
  • Peugot
  • RAM Trucks
  • Vauxhall

Because the exact same thing was reported by Jeep drivers a few weeks ago. Maybe the behavior stays contained to just the American brands under the Stellantis umbrella, but better to be safe than sorry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Lancia is as good as dead. They only make (made?) one car, and only in the Italian market, and it was a slightly larger Fiat 500. Stellantis is struggling enough with the brands that are still making cars. I'd be shocked if Lancia comes back.

[–] Dragod 2 points 2 hours ago

I have a Kia, likely going Toyota or Honda when it's time. So help me if they do this shit...

[–] ProfessorProteus 5 points 4 hours ago

Lancia

Sad to see that name here, but they're nothing like they were in the Group B days. At least my ultimate dream car will never have ads, even if I'll never be able to afford the car itself 🥲

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago

Brand new 2024 vehicle: I disabled all connectivity. No software updates, no remote start through their app, nothing; it will never connect to the internet. These greedy car and ad companies have lost the benefit of the doubt. Literally no amount of money will ever be enough for these giant corporations...

[–] FilthyShrooms 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Before starting the engine please watch this 30 second unskippable ad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Saying "before x" and giving the amount of time kinda implies unskippable.

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