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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight... Just What Nobody Asked For (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Why can't I find a single image of this?

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 3 hours ago

... Have you tried looking at the image in the linked article? :,)

I'm real good with hand tools. Not real good with humans. It's this.

https://preview.redd.it/ads-on-the-center-screen-now-thats-wild-v0-wk2i5ihf8n0e1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9dbd8a0ac3d2d2fbabf1bf035fb9a6e864d9a93c

Or what Astro_Plane describes... which is also linked... in the article.

[–] astro_plane@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I saw it on reddit a month ago but it was on some dudes jeep right after his warranty expired. Same car manufacture FYI.