Be Glad to Drive an "Obsolete" Vehicle

[pybyr]

Read this and gloat that you drive an "obsolete" vehicle!

http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?doc_id=233302&f_src=ieupdate

No one's going to "hack" any codes of my rolling time warp...

 

[itsacrazyasian]

atleast once a week i have a customer ask me why i drive such an "OLD" vehicle. truth of the matter is at the end of the day when i am done chasing electrical problems in modern vehicles, the last thing i want to do is chase one in mine. Have a canbus issue in a 2009 Honda civic in the shop right now. Vehicle was in a front end hit, honda deemed the problem a consequence of the accident and therefore not under warrenty so the insurance company is having me diag and fix the car. my head is still spinning from that pos.

 

[dieselgiant]

Yeah that's crazy but how about this http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/tech-general-engine/124731-have-any-you-heard.html I learned about OBDIII in FueL&Emissions it's in the text book and it is gonna happen. Probably the biggest reason I won't by a vehicle older than 2007 - Emissions junk and Big Brother watching my car.

 

[6.9poweredscout]

If it takes more than 2 wires to fire up my truck I get worried about reliability.....screw this new garbage.

 

[Midwest_Mudder]

atleast once a week i have a customer ask me why i drive such an "OLD" vehicle. truth of the matter is at the end of the day when i am done chasing electrical problems in modern vehicles, the last thing i want to do is chase one in mine. Have a canbus issue in a 2009 Honda civic in the shop right now. Vehicle was in a front end hit, honda deemed the problem a consequence of the accident and therefore not under warrenty so the insurance company is having me diag and fix the car. my head is still spinning from that pos.

be careful around the airbags if they didnt go off. i had one deploy when i was extricating a patient on a rescue call. i dont care how tough you are, that HURTS

me and car computers dont get along very well. they never like what i do. as for the rest of this stuff, it was only a matter of time

 

[Fordsandguns]

I'll stick with my older stuff as long as I can. I figure sometime in the future any vehicle they can't monitor and control remotely will not be allowed on the road.

 

[FordGuy100]

I'll stick with my older stuff as long as I can. I figure sometime in the future any vehicle they can't monitor and control remotely will not be allowed on the road.

Thats the route Kommifornia is going it seems. CARB spreads like wildfire to the surrounding states as well.

 

[Compu Doc]

I'll stick with my older stuff as long as I can. I figure sometime in the future any vehicle they can't monitor and control remotely will not be allowed on the road.

They monitor and control cars now. At least on the show "Bait Car".

P.S. You need to do something about your avatar. It is to distracting to be able to read your comments.

 

[Fordsandguns]

They monitor and control cars now. At least on the show "Bait Car".

P.S. You need to do something about your avatar. It is to distracting to be able to read your comments.

Towcat is a bad influence, eh? She is an attention getter though ain't she?
Too bad I just scavenged the pic off the net and don't really know her!

 

[towcat]

Towcat is a bad influence, eh?

yes i am

 

[Goofyexponent]

I am just here for the avatars!!!!!

 

[Matrix37495]

^ Me too!

Very nice towcat!

 

[subway]

thats the first thing i thought off when they showed commercials of people starting their cars with their phones or onstar unlocking a car. if a company can do it so can a hacker, and as technology progresses if you do not keep on top of it with upgrades older vehicles will become more prone ease of hacking.

you can have security or freedom but you cant have both.

 

[SparkandFire]

I am just here for the avatars!!!!!

Me too!!

Trouble with Towcat's avatars are that he actually knows most of them...

 

[DeepRoots]

I like the ole IDI, but for simplicity sake the 76 F100 wins out. I can rebuild a carb on the side of the road.... I don't think I could do that with an Injection pump

once again I'll say it. Why the heck do they make new cars so overly complicated?