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When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next? (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

That doesn't need the internet though right? Like a button on your key fob would achieve the same effect?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    I have two cars made after 2020. Both have a phone app where you can set the internal climate settings in the car. You wouldn't practically be able to do that from a keyfob.

    Both also allow remote starting from the phone, with a setting for how long to let the car run before it turns off again. From a keyfob it's normally set to 5 minutes with no option to change it.

    Both are quality of life features that aren't really required, but I do use them pretty regularly. If the internet stopped working on either car, they'd act just like any older car that didn't have those features.

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  • [–] 1 point 56 minutes ago

    nah, pretty simple. set the preferred settings in the menu in the vehicle, then have a fob button to activate it. flash the lights to signal acknowledgement, just like locking and unlocking.

    although maybe don't actually flash the lights, since everything is stupidly over bright LED now and it's rude af to be using those unnecessarily

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    My car has a timer to set the cabin at a given temperature by a given time, do you know if your car has a function like that?

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