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      11 hours ago

      Shhhhh! Don’t give them ideas!

      Today’s reverse brought to you by RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS!

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      Uh I get ads in my KIA, just had a popup (while driving) tell me that there are new themes to download for the car GUI. Fuck that shit, I am letting KiA do a buy back as soon as I get my Slate.

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        I have a 2021 Seat Leon, and have deliberately never turned on any mobile service in the car, so far nothing like that crap has appeared

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          24 hours ago

          2026 EV9 and you can’t turn shit off. I can disable the antenna but that would break the remote start automations I have set up with home assistant.

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            23 hours ago

            Slightly off topic, I have always wondered what the point of remote starting a car is, could you telm me more about your usecase?

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              23 hours ago

              Gets cold, remote start begins the process of melting snow and ice and warms the cabin so the windows dont refog once you start breathing in the vehicle. Also when hot the car cools so you dont get burned on the interior.

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                23 hours ago

                Thank you for the info!

                It is interesting to see how differently we use our vehicles, even in similar conditions.

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                  That remote pre-warmup is super nice in winter. I have it on my xc40 too. Getting into a warm car without ice instead of a ice cold one is a dream.

                  Downside is that it runs the engine for an extra 10 minutes which causes extra exhaust pollution. Not on the electrical ev9 though.

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                    19 hours ago

                    I am a Swede, and I do remember my dad having a petrol heater fitted to two of his SAABs, it had a timer and everything.

                    I get the point of that, but never really connected the two concepts…