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I'm going to old onto my old ICE car as long as I can. It has almost no electronics it has no over the air update system and I own it and have full control over
by kneebonian 3y ago
I'm going to old onto my old ICE car as long as I can. It has almost no electronics it has no over the air update system and I own it and have full control over it.
It seems every new car out there is a smart, electrified out the wahzoo abomination that needs regular updates. I work enough in software to know I want as little software as possible in my vehicle.
- prottog 3y ago> I work enough in software to know I want as little software as possible in my vehicle. The old joke about how the only piece of technology software engineers keep in their homes is a 15-year-old printer, and a loaded gun next to it in case it starts making any funny noises ;-)
- mc32 3y agoEven better would be a '70s vehicle with no electronics so it would survive an EMP event and not have its electronics fried.
- userbinator 3y agoI have one. It has electronics (that I've added as upgrades), but they aren't critical to function. However, I'm not sure how robust the electrical system is to EMP since it's new enough to have an alternator (which uses diodes for rectification), and needs electricity to operate its ignition system. Only a vehicle with a mechanically injected diesel would probably qualify for surviving a true EMP event.