And here I am looking fondly at a beautifully restored 1986 F-150 flatbed on FB Marketplace. Ainβt no way theyβre gonna fuck with me through that thing.
this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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Get a Flipper Zero and unlock it right back. A student of mine purchased herself a Flipper Zero, and then challenged our schools administrator that she could unlock his Tesla with it. Took my student less than 10 minutes to get in.
Is this like the urban legend that you could unlock your car over a cell phone call?
So you are out camping far out in the woods, you have brought your children, who are enjoying themselves.
Suddenly you hear a scream and see your child lying on the ground bleeding, you feel the adrenaline, and start to panic, but manage to keep it together, you figure out the injury they fell from a tree and hit their head on a rock.
You call the emergency number, the operator tells you to start taking the child toa hospital, and that an ambulance will meet you up on the way.
You get into your new Ford pickup, carefully secure the child into the backseat.
You get into drive, and the car refuses to engage drive, your semi panicked state has had the computer define you as not being fit for driving...
some people would read this and will still buy a ford, these companies are taking advantage of the fact that
1- Most people don't know any better / don't bother to do their research even if its one query to the internet.
2- People like picking sides and will still pick this over other viable options, just like how people still pick Tesla when they're actively treating their customers like inconvienent nuances and straight up denying claims for no reason while pushing the "You will own nothing and be happy" motto with their subscription models.
The only reason these predatory companies exist is because most people aren't educated and will not be
It doesn't help that there are almost no alternatives that truly provide an alternative.
The vehicle market is highly regulated, so there just aren't a lot of options with fewer electronics, especially since there's a pretty significant set of electronics required by law to just be able to sell a vehicle, then it's not much more to just throw in a few options just for the luxury of it.
Best way to go is to try your best to not need a vehicle, but stick with bikes, walking, and public transportation.
Guess people are going to stop buying Fords now.
And they fucking derserve to go under for this dystopian bullshit
All cars today spy on you and all of them report back to insurance. At least whatever is available new in the US anyway.
Not to this degree
I guess you get what you deserve if you buy this.
Itβs horrible that it exists, though.
absolutely not. Nobody deserves this. This kind of thing should be illegal by itself and blaming the consumer (most of whom don't KNOW it's happening) is a childish view of the problem
If they don't know that's on them for buying the latest cool thing without researching it.
But I also agree this shit should be illegal.
Billionares have more leverage these daze and it just shows how far they are willing to go. I do understand your point but I think it to be wise prepare and be hyper vigilant. As these most anti socials race for their hellish IP, they know that if I don't do it some one else will. Then they will lose their market share if they don't. This will become the new norm as well as really smart people driving older cars. like old is the new new. As power consolidates so does the choices