Call me silly, but I'd like to buy one of those cars w/o telemetry. " So it was a surprise to Subaru fans when Massachusetts dealerships started selling its l

Call me silly, but I'd like to buy one of those cars w/o telemetry. " So it was a surprise to Subaru fans when Massachusetts dealerships started selling its line of 2022 vehicles without a key ingredient: the in-car wireless technology that connects drivers to music, navigation, roadside assistance and crash-avoiding sensors. “The dealer didn’t bring it up,” said Joy Tewksbury-Pabst, who bought a new Subaru Ascent without realizing she'd be missing out on the remote start and locking features she had before trading in her 2019 model. She also lost the ability to check wiper fluid levels, tire pressure and mileage from her phone. " I want that, I don't want my car to be connected to a 3g/4g/5g modem sending telemetry wherever I go. I don't find value in checking out my car fluid on my phone, I find value in popping the hood and visually confirming it. The car stops what, every 400 miles for fuel? Not that much more to pop the hood and see what fluid levels are. I find value in not letting the auto companies be able to track, measure, analyze my car usage.