Re: No thanks - no remote control
No not at all...I worry about it too!
The moment I drive my car through the gates of the dealer it "checks in" with them, hands over all the details about my car (when services are due, when the MOT is needed, how worn my break pads are etc) they can then use this same system to change the details on my car when they are done with it. The intention is to make life easier, but I really worry that the same system that resets my tyre pressure monitor remotely can also be used to change the parameters of my fuel management, and with an electronic throttle and a (semi) auto gearbox it wouldn't take stephen hawking to set my car to rev to the max, disable the speed limiter and have me hurtling along the M25 at 200+Mph. The electronic "start" button is also linked to the same systems, so it could be disabled from turning the engine off leaving me with no choice but to hang on and pray for an empty road and a hole in the fuel tank...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
