I want to buy a new car, but it needs to be privacy friendly. Sadly you cannot really buy any new Car that is.

Has anybody any experience on making your modern car not phone home to its company, by removing the hardware it uses to do?

  • KptnAutismus@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    that’s the thing. we have 5 Toyotas in our family, a couple of ancient VWs (like 70s, rarely drive any of them) and a single ford transit nugget with a westfalia camper pack.

    that thing barely has 80k on it, and it has had numerous electrical problems, and we were stranded on the autobahn at least 4 times. even the variable turbo thingy got stuck (garrett turbo btw).

    long story short, either buy 20+ year old cars, or stick to tpyota and honda.

    never buy a ford. ecoboost engines especially. you’ll be lucky if it lasts even 50k.