Thanks! I think this is really great advice. My religious watching of Vice Grip Garage has helped me out a few times over the years. I have an old boat, and I do wrench on it now and then out of necessity, since it’s so hard to find good marine mechanics. Maybe the next car purchase should be an old square body Chevy.

Thank you! That had not occurred to me. I’ll give it a shot.

You might be surprised. I have a 2017 chevy and it definitely does report data back to GM. I have a close friend that works there and was able to confirm this. I thought there was no way since it was old, and it has no internet access of any kind that I can see. But it uses the cell network to report back data. I suspect it reports alot less interesting data than new cars. But for sure, it is sending data back to GM over the cell network.

Serious question, what new car can I buy that won’t spy on me and send all my data to the manufacturer? I’ll be in the market for a new car in a couple of years, and I’ve had a hard time finding anything where this wasn’t an issue.

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