GM, Ford, And Others Want to Make Working on Your Own Car Illegal

The ethanol decreases gas milage and wears an engine faster, they don't want you driving your 92 Honda forever, they want you to buy a new car every few years.


Which is why we're seeing laws to push out the old cars and repair of them.

Soon you will have to retire your old clunker for a shiney new gov controlled vehicle or else walk to work, but you can keep cheering on the "new technology", for which you will be forced to comply with.

...yeah, I bought an ugly '92 Caprice batmobile back in the day with a five liter V8 engine to run around in. I told the salesman not to insult my intelligence when he stated it would get 30mpg. It got 32! Never before or since...

Bet you said you wouldn't comply with the mandatory health care too.

You will do what you're told slave and enjoy it at the same time. Now turn in that peice of shit car to you nearest government car recycling station, then proceed to the nearest gov controlled car dealer/manufacturer and pick out your new car payment.

...and new 2016 GM powertrain warranties are being cut from five years/100,000 miles to five years/60,000 miles.

All the new tech, but we're still all getting around the same MPG we did 40 years ago, while other countries are allowed to buy 50 MPG cars.

Just face the facts, Muricans are dumb and like being screwed by gov monopolies. Be it by gas tax, poor MPG cars that fall apart like they are made in China.

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I just pulled my GM's ABS unit and repaired 6 solder points that were defective on the circuit board, and under this act, that would be 'illegal'. My truck is paid for. I fucking own it.

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As it currently sits, there are 13 (!) large automakers on the list supporting the DMCA. Want to know who they are? Of course you do:

General Motors Company
BMW Group
FCA US LLC
Ford Motor Company
Jaguar Land Rover
Mazda
Mercedes-Benz USA
Mitsubishi Motors
Porsche
Toyota
Volkswagen Group of America
Volvo Cars North America

I noticed a few years ago that they changed the 'Registration Document' in the Uk to state that 'this does not mean you are the legal owner'.....I thought that was very strange. So what document have I atually got that states I own the car?? nothing......hmm....yet no-one talks about it, nothing on any tv programme (inc all the motoring programs), almost like they are all working together.


Then they started doing all this PCP sh1te, basically a 'rent-a-car' where you never own it, unless you pay the get out fee etc.

So we can now see where all this is going, you won't buy a car you will just rent one and have to use their main dealer service.

Lol ok I'll just buy cars from a company that isn't controlling. Like Peugeot.

This is the same GM that filed for Chapter 11 back in 2009.
In other words the same GM that went BANKRUPT!!!

Registration is not require unless you are using your car for hire. I haven't registered mine for over 6 years. Look at the supreme court decisions and UCC code, both provide the answer you need, no registration required. They dupe you into believing that the laws regarding commercial vehicle apply to you, they don't.

GM, Ford, And Others Want to Make Working on Your Own Car Illegal

It’s called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It’s been around since 2000 and started as anti-Internet piracy legislation. But automakers want to use it to try and make working on your own car illegal. Yes, illegal. The general premise is that unlike cars of the past, today’s vehicles are so advanced and use such a large amount of software and coding in their general makeup, altering said code could be dangerous and possibly even malicious.

Listing the vehicle as a “mobile computing device,” the law would hypothetically protect automakers from pesky owners looking to alter any sort of technology in the vehicle that relates to the onboard computer. Flashing your ECU would be a big no no, which could also lead to all sorts of problems for aftermarket shops.

What GM, and even tractor companies like John Deere, argues is that you, as an owner, don’t actually own your car. Rather, you’re sort of just borrowing it for an extended amount of time and paying for the rights to use the technology.


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If they made shit worth a fuck to begin with, i wouldnt have to modify anything or whatever. I payed for the vehicle, i'll do what i need with it.

GM, Ford, And Others Want to Make Working on Your Own Car Illegal

It’s called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It’s been around since 2000 and started as anti-Internet piracy legislation. But automakers want to use it to try and make working on your own car illegal. Yes, illegal. The general premise is that unlike cars of the past, today’s vehicles are so advanced and use such a large amount of software and coding in their general makeup, altering said code could be dangerous and possibly even malicious.

Listing the vehicle as a “mobile computing device,” the law would hypothetically protect automakers from pesky owners looking to alter any sort of technology in the vehicle that relates to the onboard computer. Flashing your ECU would be a big no no, which could also lead to all sorts of problems for aftermarket shops.

What GM, and even tractor companies like John Deere, argues is that you, as an owner, don’t actually own your car. Rather, you’re sort of just borrowing it for an extended amount of time and paying for the rights to use the technology.


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That's actually incorrect. You could flash your own software all you want. You just can't copy theirs. Shill repeating misleading headline. One star.

GM, Ford, And Others Want to Make Working on Your Own Car Illegal

It’s called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). It’s been around since 2000 and started as anti-Internet piracy legislation. But automakers want to use it to try and make working on your own car illegal. Yes, illegal. The general premise is that unlike cars of the past, today’s vehicles are so advanced and use such a large amount of software and coding in their general makeup, altering said code could be dangerous and possibly even malicious.

Listing the vehicle as a “mobile computing device,” the law would hypothetically protect automakers from pesky owners looking to alter any sort of technology in the vehicle that relates to the onboard computer. Flashing your ECU would be a big no no, which could also lead to all sorts of problems for aftermarket shops.

What GM, and even tractor companies like John Deere, argues is that you, as an owner, don’t actually own your car. Rather, you’re sort of just borrowing it for an extended amount of time and paying for the rights to use the technology.


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Self proclaimed 204 mph by Chrysler actually does about 180 when track tested by others

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