This kind of shit is why modern cars will fail. Not because of build quality, but because corporate moneygrubbers will never, EVER be able to keep their fingers out of the free money software pie. It’s against their very nature.
I absolutely refuse to buy any car that has these integrated, baked-in infotainment systems that they can fuck with remotely. I’ll hold onto my 91 Accord till it dies, engine swap it, then electric swap it as many times as I have to.
You say this like this ideology hasn’t already permeated every other industry and been successful.
I’ll hold onto my 91 Accord till it dies, engine swap it, then electric swap it as many times as I have to.
I’m sure you will but the average consumer will not. If you look into the electric power train swaps they can easily run into 6 figures. And at the end you’re still driving a 30+ year old Honda Accord without modern safety features.
If you look into the electric power train swaps they can easily run into 6 figures.
For now. The swap industry is still new and every drivetrain has to be built from bespoke parts and a lot of labor- when electric becomes mandatory and not a luxury, there will be a blossoming industry of ready-made battery and motor/transmission kits meant to adapt commonly built cars over to electric. When it goes from weeks of wiring and fabricating to a day or two of unbolting parts, those swap costs will drop to economically feasible levels. And since we’ll likely never see an economic electric car under $40k in our lifetime… there’s a lot of value to have there.
And “successful” in every other industry is a bit of a stretch. Tolerated, sure, and the modern consumer is braindead enough to think it’s OK. It is my personal preference that any modern car with this stuff baked into it is a failure and I will never touch one with a ten foot pole, they can go fuck themselves with that rent seeking.
This kind of shit is why modern cars will fail. Not because of build quality, but because corporate moneygrubbers will never, EVER be able to keep their fingers out of the free money software pie. It’s against their very nature.
I absolutely refuse to buy any car that has these integrated, baked-in infotainment systems that they can fuck with remotely. I’ll hold onto my 91 Accord till it dies, engine swap it, then electric swap it as many times as I have to.
You say this like this ideology hasn’t already permeated every other industry and been successful.
I’m sure you will but the average consumer will not. If you look into the electric power train swaps they can easily run into 6 figures. And at the end you’re still driving a 30+ year old Honda Accord without modern safety features.
For now. The swap industry is still new and every drivetrain has to be built from bespoke parts and a lot of labor- when electric becomes mandatory and not a luxury, there will be a blossoming industry of ready-made battery and motor/transmission kits meant to adapt commonly built cars over to electric. When it goes from weeks of wiring and fabricating to a day or two of unbolting parts, those swap costs will drop to economically feasible levels. And since we’ll likely never see an economic electric car under $40k in our lifetime… there’s a lot of value to have there.
And “successful” in every other industry is a bit of a stretch. Tolerated, sure, and the modern consumer is braindead enough to think it’s OK. It is my personal preference that any modern car with this stuff baked into it is a failure and I will never touch one with a ten foot pole, they can go fuck themselves with that rent seeking.
Same thing.
The swap industry is still new
It isn’t.
Let me know when you find one for a GT86.