STOP THE MODS?

[kirk]

Things are gona get ugly now
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/20/automakers-gearheads-car-repairs/
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/will-copyright-law-prevent-you-working-your-car

[MOTOWN]

LMAO! funny thing is if you look at a new car its obvious its designed to discourage you from modding/maintaining it , which is why i will not buy a new car.

[chief455]

Been coming for years.
From 1988:
Watch the case 21:20 - 23:32 and more importantly, the closing 28:54 - 32:30

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[Lowndex]

Things are gona get ugly now
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/20/automakers-gearheads-car-repairs/
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/will-copyright-law-prevent-you-working-your-car

"When you pry it from my cold, dead hands!"

[Gerry24]

I don't even know what to say... OVER MY DEAD ROTTING CARCASS! You will not catch me in a death trap of what their calling vehicles nowadays.

[BeeDamn]

Electronics! Electronics everywhere!

[Bad_S55]

What a load of crap! You can keep me from modding my cars, when I'm dead!

[kirk]

It's not just your car. They don't want you to fix or modify your tractor either.
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/

[blkZooM]

Rightttttt, I'll keep purchasing Marauders

[Bad_S55]

Rightttttt, I'll keep purchasing Marauders

That's the idea. Stay with cars where computers played a very recessive role.

[chief455]

That's the idea. Stay with cars where computers played a very recessive role.
I'm leaning toward that by the time some form of law gets into place, be it federal or state to state - they will have to grandfather several years in.
2004 should be safe.
A Ford Escape that you can call a number, and they run a computer diagnostic scan on it from the sky - those suckers will be caught in a 'no modified' law.

[blkZooM]

Lobbying has reach a new height in America, I want to see how this plays out, I honestly don't think it's going to be good.

[CWright]

They can kiss my Ass!

[chief455]

Lobbying has reach a new height in Obomerika, I don't want to see how this plays out, I honestly don't think it's going to be good.

_^_ fixed it...

[blkZooM]

_^_ fixed it...
Honestly to me it doesn't matter who's in office in congress may it be dems or the GOP its money talks all other things walks, but that's a discussion I've learned not to talk about with people.