I'm with you. I don't want a relationship with company. Conventional modern vechicles might not track your movements, but they keep you tied to the mothership

I'm with you. I don't want a relationship with company. Conventional modern vechicles might not track your movements, but they keep you tied to the mothership/dealership after purchase. These conventional modern vechicles are complicated. They are loaded with propriatiatry features, unbelievably complicated emmission devices, and computers I can't access--even if I spend 5 grand on the right scanner. (If they will sell to an owner?) That vechicle in the movie Vacation comes to mind. These modern vechicles, not Elan's, are just a time bomb waiting to break down. Good luck finding an independent shop that knows how to efficiently repair these modern masterpieces. Most people are going to have a relationship with a dealership, at dealership prices. I just got smogged a '87 Toyota yesterday. What I spent on parts/my labor was rediculious. Yea--it passed, but it's rediculious how stringent CARB has gotten. My little car is not a threat to the enviornment. Plus, how much carbon did I spare the enviornment by not buying a new vechicle every few years? This rant is Not about Tesla. I understand why they need access to most of the vechicle's electronics. It's about these conventional vechicles you people are buying. I want a vechicle that I can keep for a long time. If things don't change, I forsee throwaway vechicles. Essentially a bunch of bricks. Maybe that's what they want. "Oh they will just by the newer version? They loved the voice assisted gps? I'm driving around my old vechicle that's running a stoichiometric number of 14.7:1. Meaning it's running well. I'm throwing out 20 ppm's of HC. 02 was .1 percent. My CO was .04 at idle. My N0 was 0 due to a $300 catalytic converter. In California, my little 4 banger is a horrid high emitter? Good luck smogging these newer vechicles when that warranty runs out. Good luck repairing these overly modernized vechicles. They will break down.