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I want to buy a new car, but it needs to be privacy friendly. Sadly you cannot really buy any new Car that is.

Has anybody any experience on making your modern car not phone home to its company, by removing the hardware it uses to do?

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[โ€“] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I was being cynical, lol. Worst case, ya know!

The Corolla 4 cylinder is probably the most robust engine I've seen. Chain drive for the cam, so no timing belt to wear out, and just rock.

I had a 1982 22R engine go 300k when I was poor- rarely did oil changes, really didn't take care of it. Still started on the first try (with a carb!) when I traded it at 300k, and everything still worked. Only maintenance it required was a water pump at 100k or so, and the usual belts/hoses/brakes. Kind of miss that car. It was gutless, but damn reliable.

I did more maintenance on a 90's Ford with less than 100k miles, ha!

We have numerous Honda and Toyotas in my family, I appreciate that I rarely have to work on them - even the 30 year old ones.

[โ€“] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

that's the thing. we have 5 Toyotas in our family, a couple of ancient VWs (like 70s, rarely drive any of them) and a single ford transit nugget with a westfalia camper pack.

that thing barely has 80k on it, and it has had numerous electrical problems, and we were stranded on the autobahn at least 4 times. even the variable turbo thingy got stuck (garrett turbo btw).

long story short, either buy 20+ year old cars, or stick to tpyota and honda.

never buy a ford. ecoboost engines especially. you'll be lucky if it lasts even 50k.