I think the joke is that they would let you download a car for full price, and then kill it after a few years because it is too expensive to run their vehicle d

I think the joke is that they would let you download a car for full price, and then kill it after a few years because it is too expensive to run their vehicle database server (and also because they have a new model out, but no one says that part out loud). In 2050 Hacker News software engineers will claim that it is lunacy to imagine buying a car and owning it forever. How can that even possibly work?