Car companies stand to make billions by charging you monthly fees for add-on features like heated seats

Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | 01 05 2022 | Tim Levin

[LittleBillyInfidel]

“Your Honor, I didn’t mean to cause the massive, exploding pile up. My wife just forgot to pay the braking subscription!”

[dfwgator]

Siss Boom Bah?

[BiglyCommentary]

“A minute later using such chips will be a felony. “

Did you know its a crime to commit crimes? Because that is true, crime is nonexistent and does not occur.

[dfwgator]

For $40 you can by a heated seat pad that plugs into cigarette lighter... no monthly fee

[GeorgiaDawg32]

My ‘05 F350, 4x4, super duty, V8 turbo-diesel, Harley edition, agrees with you.

Purrs like a kitten and looks new.

[yesthatjallen]

"If it's a lease, I'll consider such subscription-based features"

It looks like the future business model is cars linked to the internet even if you own them outright. 'That's how they get ya'.

[OrioleFan]

Are these fees ....... “mandated?”

[BiglyCommentary]

I predict widespread feature hacking if this goes mainstream on the same scale as drinking during prohibition.

[Drew68]

This is a mixed bag. Do I want to pay an extra $1000 for a feature I don’t want?

Exactly. Maybe it would bring down the MSRP a little bit if you had to subscribe to some of the extras. The last several vehicles I've owned came with cruise control. I'm sure it was an upcharge but it's a feature that I've just never used. Same for heated seats.

[Mouton]

Great now I will need a lawyer to advise me on the vehicle closing document. Lookie here it says you are renting the wind screen wipers. And here where you are renting the headlights.

[Chode]

100% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wzA2A2T1Q

[Georgia Girl 2]

I had heated seats in my Mercedes. I think I used them twice.

[Bob434]

lol great movie

[Allegra]

My Mazda has seat-warmers. I might use them a couple of times a year. I could certainly live without them.

[BiglyCommentary]

Never use them so forgot I had heated seats. I accidentally hit the round knob on the center console about 6 months ago and for the first minute or two of the heater being on, I thought I was having a male hot flash. “I’m past menopause age and I’ve never transitioned so why is this hapeening??!”

[Bayard]

Right to repair and to own should be a constitutional amendment.

[SunkenCiv]

A) Business Insider is leftist agitprop.
B) I live in Michigan, have my whole life, have never had nor wanted heated seats
C) heated seats are for Charlie Sheen's character in Two and a Half Men, or for real life people with more money than brains

[PeterPrinciple]

Right to repair and to own should be a constitutional amendment.

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the answer to every problem is another law or constitutional amendment...........................

we live in interesting times................

[Georgia Girl 2]

😮

[vpintheak]

I want a dumb car that I can drive. Don’t want extra BS.
But this sounds like an opportunity for some people that know how, to make stuff so people won’t have to pay for “extras”.