Wonder how commonplace this will become?

(NB for those not familiar with Luis Rossman he can be a bit fruity in his language)
 

 

Edited 17 August, 20241 yr by Winston_Woof

well, that will be in breach of EU right to repair laws, so they can take that idea and shove it up their exhaust pipe...

"we're not stopping you repairing your car with parts of your choosing  it's simply that you will become ineligible for OTA software upgrades"


Is how I imagine the defence would go ;o)

Just wait till your car is a write off because the onboard software is unsupported after 7yr. Plenty people chucking away other (otherwise usable) electrical kit for the same reason.