NSFW With Dutch Spy Box, Go To Jail

Dutch motorists can prepare themselves for spending up to four years in the slammer and to pay fines of more than $100,000 if they intend to tamper with the automotive equivalent of an electronic ankle bracelet which their government will put in their cars.

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  • MaintenanceCosts This segment makes me feel sleepy.
  • SilverBullett I have two cars. A 2023 Corolla hybrid and a 2011 Toyota RAV4 V6 I pay $830 a year for both vehicles are use connect by American family insurance via Costco. My total miles driven between the two cars is about 15,000 miles a year. I live in the greater Seattle area.
  • SCE to AUX My cars (19 and 22 Hyundais) sound the seatbelt alert indefinitely (I think). I never drive without a seatbelt, except to move the vehicle in the driveway. I did not know that some cars disable the alert after a while, but that explains how some people crash unbuckled.
  • FreedMike Welcome to the FJ Cult, where people straight-face ask $28,000 for a 11-year-old vehicle with over 100,000 miles.
  • Ige65815723 Oh, lookie, another EV fanatic disconnected from reality.The "reality" being the low fruit has been picked by Tesla. The market has little desire for EVs at 2X/3x the price of ICE and zero desire for EV trucks. To quote Fords CEO, sub $20k Chinese EVs are an "extinction level event" for the Big3.