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minus-squarenapoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·6 months ago urning off GPS and LTE ruins 90% of the features in the car. The main purpose of a car is “driving”, which you can do. Unless you cannot start a Tesla without LTE, which would be very stupid. You can also always strip a car for parts. Teslas are not magically safe from that.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·6 months agoThe kind of person who is going to disable that LTE connection wouldn’t have bought a Tesla in the first place.
The main purpose of a car is “driving”, which you can do. Unless you cannot start a Tesla without LTE, which would be very stupid.
You can also always strip a car for parts. Teslas are not magically safe from that.
The kind of person who is going to disable that LTE connection wouldn’t have bought a Tesla in the first place.