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>Do not give in to the mirage of convenience. I sympathise. However, being able to start de-icing my car while still in bed at 5:30 on a January morning is a p
by encom 10mo ago
>Do not give in to the mirage of convenience.
I sympathise. However, being able to start de-icing my car while still in bed at 5:30 on a January morning is a powerful feature. And I'm the kind of person who wraps his tin foil hat no less than 10 layers thick.
Ideally this shouldn't involve the internet, because the car is in wifi range, but what can I do about it?
- ryandrake 10mo agoPeople are suggesting all over these threads what we can do about it, but we (as a population) aren't. When my 2009 car dies, I'm going to deliberately NOT buy a new trackingmobile, and try to find another 2009 car to keep running. Yea, that means I occasionally need to take 30 seconds to scrape ice off the windshield. Big deal.
- rcbdev 10mo agoWhy 2009? I've been driving the same 2003 Audi TT all my life, never failed me.
- wiredpancake 10mo ago[dead]
- tavavex 10mo agoThe number of cars from 2003 is already dwindling and it's only going to keep going down. It's certainly much easier to find cars from the late 00s-early 10s right now if your only priority is not being tracked or bound to a web of different digital services and subscriptions.
- m463 10mo agoI have this with my keyfob. later vehicles "helpfully" removed this in favor of online remote starting (with added telematics)
- AngryData 10mo agoYou could probably get a 3rd party remote starter, however that is going to certainly cost you extra and probably won't be as simple as old school remote starters.