[DeathArrow]

>It’s like buying a car with tires that last 50k miles, but if you want to replace them you have to cut off the entire drivetrain and weld on a new one.

I think that car manufacturers can borrow a lot of bad ideas from IT: not being able to own a car, instead just renting it from the company, artificially gimping it and requiring a sum of money to "unlock the features".

[vezycash]

>requiring a sum of money to "unlock the features".

Tesla already did this

[SyzygistSix]

I feel like the more egregious example is BMW's subscription model for heated seats. I think once you buy the self-driving package, you get to keep it, along with future updates. Sure, it's pricey but it's also an incredible feature. The idea of being able to have your car do the work on interstates sounds amazing, not that I can afford it. If it required yearly payments and cost extra to upgrade, that would be pretty bad, in my opinion.

[thinkmassive]

For Tesla FSD you can pay a lump sum to unlock it permanently, or you can pay a monthly fee. When I did the math I recall it would take ~4.5 years to equal the lump sum, although they say to expect price increases on the monthly plan.

Tesla also has a monthly fee to unlock rear heated seats in the Model 3.

[SyzygistSix]

>Tesla also has a monthly fee to unlock rear heated seats in the Model 3.

I didn't realize. This kind of thing is really lame. In my case it wouldn't matter at all but for some reason it really rubs me the wrong way.