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That's not what bricking means. Bricking means -permanent- disablement.

• bleepblorp 6y ago
  That's an overly pedantic definition of bricking. The car's in state where is is unusable without intervention from the manufacturer. There's no technical difference between this an a 'bricked' motherboard, cell phone, or other piece of consumer electronics: the hardware is not destroyed, but it's unusable unless the manufacturer is willing to fix it. The only difference between this bricked Ferrari and a phone bricked by a bad firmware update is that the Ferrari is worth enough that it's worth while for the manufacturer to fix it.
  • temp667 6y ago
    Keep on supporting the clickbait headline writers - for those of us around a bit longer we know what bricked means. And yes, actually bricking can happen, and no, it does not usually involve a quick and easy reset by a DEALER tech. If you want bricking, check out Samsung's work around the Note7. "prevent all U.S. Galaxy Note 7 devices from charging and will eliminate their ability to work as mobile devices" - that turns these devices into actual bricks with no future utility.
  • nomel 6y ago
    Since this is the intended operation of a tamper induced security lock, I think "locked out" is much more accurate than "bricked" (at least according to the reddit thread).
  • TwoBit 6y ago
    If establishing a connection to the manufacturer is all that's needed to restore the car (which was the case), there's no way that is bricking. That's like saying my Amazon Alexa is bricked when my wifi goes down.