Ask HN: What's the best car without undesirable features? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What's the best car without undesirable features?

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Post by Klonoar » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 1:59 PM UTC

hot_gril wrote: post #176

Klonoar wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2016/2017 BMW 340i is the hidden answer, if you want something more modern and luxury. - Comes in (rear biased) AWD - Can be found in stickshift - Can get close to 30MPG in highway driving - Can disable most of the stuff if you’re willing to get your hands dirty, and CarPlay is an easy add on head unit replacement - B58 engine, which is pretty much proving to be one of the most reliable modern engines - More power th…

That's my kind of car. Supposedly gets 32MPG, but it's premium so more equivalent to 28, still decent.

Yeah... they're getting harder to find due to people catching on, but man they're good.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best car without undesirable features?

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Post by IYasha » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 2:34 PM UTC

Someone wrote: post #142

guerby wrote: post #96

In the EU new cars have to be connected to the cellular network, this is called "eCall" https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/security-and-em...

Also, most new tires have RFID chips that can be read out https://rfid.michelin.com/what-is-rfid/ : “Permanently readable - RFID used in tires is a passive technology that doesn’t require a battery - Tire tag can be read even when the tire is moving or rolling Remains in good conditions during entire lifecycle - Tire tag is robust against any tire solicitations, ageing, weather conditions - Tire tag is embedded into…

Holy sh-. This is literally disturbing stuff right there. I didn't even suspect that such things may exist! Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: What's the best car without undesirable features?

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Post by grepfru_it » Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 10:53 PM UTC

itake wrote: post #57

grepfru_it wrote: post #34

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Something to be mindful of about connected cars.. they are monitoring you while in offline mode and will upload all of their contents when connected to the dealership system. This system is used by dealers for all service requests and independent repair shops for specific service requests.

do you have more information about this?

Ford sync stores “breadcrumbs” of your cars telemetry data in the APIM module. This data is downloaded when connected to the ford IDS system. Ford then aggregates your data with your customer information.

You can find this information in fords service documentation and from public comments from the ford ceo. I primarily work with Ford vehicles (comma.ai, self driving addons) so this is a personal knowledge dump from various service manuals, car hacking forums and the like