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A Boring Dystopia

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/68907829

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 31 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

BMW just went from "cars for the rich" to "cars for the rich white trash".

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

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[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

This will just be 'poor' people BMWs. The 200k M whatever will likely be free of this.

It's just a last ditch effort to mine what little is left in the middle of the glorious k shaped economy.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

Remember when reputable brand names cared about hurting their name and image by not doing certain things so they could be held to a higher standard leaving your expectations high that you will get a higher end product?

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I haven't had a car that has tried this with me, but it will result in an instant selling of the vehicle or replacement of the infotainment system.

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 15 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Good luck on the latter. Nowadays the can bus is wired straight to the infotainment system.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 6 points 18 hours ago

Even back in the day there was stuff like this going on. I had a 1986 Pontiac 6000. I replaced the head unit with a cd player and the cruise control stopped working. The cruise control wires went through the head unit.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

I'm sure there will be some creative hacking or something of the like...

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

BMW will dry their tears with the money you already gave them.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Are you paying for your cars in cash? It’s not like ime ever going to own a home. A car company pisses me off they got to repo the damn car.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh never mind then

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

To the extent I am forced to have a car, I am committed to avoiding anything later than 2014.

Pre-Harambe cars only.

[–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

They can have my 9th gen Si when they pry the steering wheel from my cold, dead hands.

I'm almost at 200k miles. That's a teenager in Honda years.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Chevy S10 β€œamateur!”

[–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

splits in half from rust

Well, at least the engine's running.

I do get the blessing of going through ball joints and bushings like candy tho, so, tit for tat. I did recently also have to do the AC unit. I do all the work myself that I can. The AC unit was more fun than hard, had to borrow a buddy's vaccum pump tho. The suspension can be... trying at times.

[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Jfc as we didn't have enough to think about when buying a new or used car when did you put new tires on it, check if there are any leaks, check the paint oh does it display fucking ads while driving.

[–] bier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The ad was on startup not while driving

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Tell that to jeep (when stopped at traffic lights)

[–] Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago

A Cheap Heap lmao

[–] newton@feddit.online 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

You guys buys BMW ? 🀣🀣🀣