1000. Basically that is the unspeakable aim of manufacturers: to make users more and more captive.Flytox wrote:It is nonsense this race forward always + complicated + obsolete but always + expensive and always + irreparable without any real benefit for the customer, except to have to throw his car every 5 years (become unsaleable) .
The only real added value of electronics is for the optimization of engine parameters in relation to fuel consumption and pollution. The rest is rubbish and misuse of function (except GPS).
And then wanting to play in the backyard of others, that of software, they take a serious risk that Bill and or Gogol will take care of it and take control of world car traffic before they understand what is happening to them. Soon it will be necessary to pay for its update so that the car wants to start well (if it is not planted Crosoft obliges)
An example: the introduction of the catalyst. There I said to myself: great, the engines will finally be more easily adjusted, there will be less pollution and it will be simpler for the user. No, it brought more and more advanced engines, which became de facto, almost irreparable if we do not have a diagnostic bench to test multiple points simultaneously. To top it all, more and more, the parts with electronic parts (or even sensors) and which are to be changed can no longer be installed without the introduction of an initialization code provided by the parent company and enter the same day into the on-board computer. Something tells me that these bastards are winning against the DIY enthusiasts ...!
