• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        My friend has his Kia broken into and started, but it’s a standard so they ditched it hahaha

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          I got a decent manual for about $12k back in February. And it was one of three on the lot I was there to look at all around that price: A GTI, a WRX, and a Mini.

          I went with the GTI

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          right before the used car market exploded i got my manual Subaru for $3400 when it was worth about 10-12k because of a misfire. yeah it just had the wrong spark plugs in it :p and it’s about as dumb as they come. it has a radio, abs, and cruise control - no other driving assists or telemetry

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          The fun tax is real… except unllike the poster below, I was looking for a Base model Subaru and not the WRX (even though the WRX is a bucket list car)

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      My car got dumbed for me because they killed the 3g network it was running on

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        Just because you can’t use it doesn’t mean a hacker can’t. If someone discovered a vulnerability in the 3g handshake or encryption protocol, it could be an avenue for an RCE.

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          Especially when there are no security updates anymore. They should just rip out any possible receiver there is for mobile communication

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          Honestly if someone manages to figure that out I would want to know, that way I can finally use my cars remote start 😄

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      I wish, but most people don’t know / care about this stuff, it’s not going to really percolate into the public consciousness .

      According to the dealership my car isn’t worth it’s weight grass clippings because it’s too old.

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        Cool just like trying to replace a blower motor in a modern car feel free to rip the entire dash out only to find out it has a second antenna all the way in the back underneath the spare tire also behind a tail light which somehow requires you to remove the muffler to get to…

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            If you can… Without breaking something vital thats on the same circuit as something so non-vital as turn signals or headlights. You know from the companies so smart as to not wire all… I mean all the positive hots through the ignition or light switch… Nothing like an ignition that’s 200°f.

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          brb, i have a muffler, a spare, and an entire dash to remove immediatly.

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        You’d probably have more luck installing a signal jammer in your car.

        The best you can hope for is a rootkit and some Linux-based OS for cars to be developed so you can take full control.

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          FWIW there is a cottage industry for OnStar disable/delete mods for GM vehicles. It can be done, usually without breaking too much else of the car’s electronic functionality.

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          i fucking KNEW we would be jailbreaking cars eventually.

          and you bet they will come up with locked bootloaders.

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        I drive a 2014 si

        That Civic is hands down the most bulletproof, refined and perfected k-series car Honda ever produced, or ever will, at this point.

        If anyone reading this wants a V6, find a manual TL. Equally bulletproof, but with a J-series and room to stretch out and they are CHEAP for zero reason on the market. I don’t even understand it other than they don’t really have tuning potential, but as a commuter car, they can’t be beat for the price to comfort. They ride like clouds and have 300hp to punch with if you stomp them down an offramp.

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      The car will still work if you take the radio out or put a faraday cage around it, maybe that’ll become a thing in the future, but that might fuck with the paid charging infrastructure for EVs. Doesn’t impact gas.

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      I have a '01 Citroen and I’m gonna run it to the ground. She needs a big overhaul now, but for a 190’000Km car my baby is still pretty good.