In the end, the KIA car company made its cars into subscription models, I really hate this because in the end the car we buy with our own money doesn’t feel like it belongs to us. Should we finally buy an old school car ? so as not to be affected by this subscription models or is there a way to crack the software installed in it ?

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      Roadside assistance alone can be worth it. AAA’s most basic plan for instance is $64.99 by itself.

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        True, I suppose I’d have to see how comprehensive their road side policy is to make a decision there.

        But for the rest of it, a handful of API calls? Certainly not worth it.

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        Most decent new cars don’t have any major issues that would strand you on the side of the road for the first 10 years

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          New cars have magically new never-die batteries, never puncture tires, radiators that never crack, pipes that never split or come loose, etc now?! Holy cow, why haven’t we heard about this before?!

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          Lots of new cars don’t even come with a spare tire. They either don’t have anything or at best include a can of fix-a-flat

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      Are you spending 50k on new vehicles? Have you ever bought a brand new car? Are you commenting on a sub brought together buy a common thread of stealing content?

      Maybe consider that.