Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their key fob for remote start

Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by donmcronald on Monday December 13, 2021 @02:54PM (#29543734)

> Want to update your car's computer? $199 per update

$210 after shipping for navigation updates in a GM vehicle. Welcome to the future!

https://gmnavdisc.navigation.com/product/Catalog/Catalog_Che...

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by vkou on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:03PM (#29543865)

My car's running on a 12 year old set of navigation data... And I can't say I've ever felt the need to drop $199 on updating it.

We just don't build new roads in North America.

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by brewdad on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:11PM (#29543985)

You obviously don't live in a rapidly growing suburb. Half of my town's roads either didn't exist 12 years ago or have been reconfigured to handle the additional traffic flows.

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by sokoloff on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:40PM (#29544334)

A 3-year old phone has a way better navigation system than a brand-new automobile OEM nav system. Plus it auto-updates and will usually tell you where the cops are as well.

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by mcguire on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:55PM (#29544528)

And vice-versa.

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by lowbloodsugar on Monday December 13, 2021 @03:12PM (#29543993)

Sure, but we fuck with one way systems all the time.

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Re:Toyota owners have to pay $8/month to keep using their ke... by WWLink on Monday December 13, 2021 @07:57PM (#29546840)

The android based software randomly updates itself all the time. But it likes crashing and stuff too.

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