firehawk
Full Access Member
More doom and gloom. I have heard it all before. Let me set you at ease, if that is possible. First off, electronics are very reliable. As an example of electronics doom worries, people thought that when my daily driver 1st gen 300zx turbo came out, that it would have all kinds of problems with the electronics and the turbo. Well, 30 years later, no problems. I have many of these cars and worked on them for years. No issues with any of the electronic or turbo, other than the occasional failure. Everything works on my car, from the inflatable lumbar seat adjustments, the heated mirrors, digital dash, etc.
As for designed obsolescence and coding, still nothing to worry about. When you buy a vehicle, you own it outright. If there was coding that would make a part fail after a designated time, the companies would be open to HUGE liabilities. This is just conspiracy theory nonsense. And for the coding, every new car of any interest has its computer cracked within year. I do on my own tuning via laptop on a wide variety of cars. If I want to disable the emission device, its just a few clicks away. Have a problem with the car? Log data and find the cause. Computers are great and are nothing to fear.
As for designed obsolescence and coding, still nothing to worry about. When you buy a vehicle, you own it outright. If there was coding that would make a part fail after a designated time, the companies would be open to HUGE liabilities. This is just conspiracy theory nonsense. And for the coding, every new car of any interest has its computer cracked within year. I do on my own tuning via laptop on a wide variety of cars. If I want to disable the emission device, its just a few clicks away. Have a problem with the car? Log data and find the cause. Computers are great and are nothing to fear.