I was extremely skeptical of this, so I googled it. Seems like Tesla owners have had no problem starting their cars without an internet connection, though obvio

I was extremely skeptical of this, so I googled it. Seems like Tesla owners have had no problem starting their cars without an internet connection, though obviously the internet dependant features don't work.[0] This doesn't seem comparable to a CD player that won't play CDs without an internet connection, it's more like a CD player that gracefully degrades to not showing the extra info it would get from the internet while still playing the local media. [0]: https://forums.tesla.com/en_AU/forum/forums/can-you-disconnect-tesla-internet https://forums.tesla.com/en_AU/forum/forums/can-you-disconne...