And now Skoda are at it.

[scragend]

Rover did similar with the bubble shaped 200/25. The only difference between the 75bhp and 105bhp 1.4 engines was a pin that stopped the throttle body opening all the way.

Wish I'd known that when I had one!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Welcome to the final, desperate gasps of end-stage capitalism.

Buy old stuff that lasts, opt out and leave the debt-fuelled, brainwashed consumptive plebs to it..

Darn commie.

 

[PeteXXX]

Elon Musk paid $billions for Twitter. I downloaded it free from the app store..

Not all capitalists are clever, you know!!

 

[Cycleops]

MZ 250 motor bike, the throttle body was round and the throttle slide was held in place with a pin, on the Warwick Bypass I closed the throttle to slow for slow traffic and nothing happened. the pin had come out and the slide had moved, I had to switch the engine off to stop it.

To quote Andy 'Darn commies'.

 

[markemark]

There plenty of commercial machinery that is downgraded by firmware for a cheaper option. This is nothing new or even uncommon.
It’s cheaper to make them all the same and you pay for the options to be enabled.

 

[Hicky]

I’m so glad keeping up with the Jones’s is looowwww on my priority list.
Enjoy the debt 🤓

 

[markemark]

I’m so glad keeping up with the Jones’s is looowwww on my priority list.
Enjoy the debt 🤓

Some people can afford things without getting into debt.

 

[Drago]

Some people can afford things without getting into debt.

And they're usually on the board of Skoda!

 

[lazybloke]

I:ll pay a service charge for an actual service, eg broadband, netflix, etc.

Satnav traffic news and map uodates are also a service, but not worth paying when google offer them free.

Heated seats are definitely NOT a service. If i wanted auch frippery i'd only pay an upfront one-off cost. Ridiculous otherwise.

Some people can afford things without getting into debt.

It's still a good idea to spend (and save) money wisely.

 

[oldwheels]

Is this all true about access by annual payment?
I mentioned this to someone who checked on line and replied that BMW had dropped that scheme.
No idea about any of it personally but just intrigued.

 

[markemark]

Is this all true about access by annual payment?
I mentioned this to someone who checked on line and replied that BMW had dropped that scheme.
No idea about any of it personally but just intrigued.

I think it’s more that it’s cheaper, easier and quicker for cars to have things already built in to all cars, eg heated seats, but for them to be activated when you buy the car and pay for it as an option.

Also means the end user can buy an upgrade in the future, cheaper than having it post-installed

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Back as far as the 80's, some of the computer GIANTS, the likes of NCR and IBM, used to install their mainframe computers with the extra memory and processors already installed. When a customer wanted to upgrade, an engineer just came along and turned it on.

IBM still do with their mainframes. A bit of microcode controlling available CPUs.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yeahbut the app is free and it's a given that we're all used to that you need to pay for the premium version if you want all the features.

No it isn’t free. You can’t save any of your work without subscription

 

[Andy in Germany]

Yeahbut the app is free and it's a given that we're all used to that you need to pay for the premium version if you want all the features.

So is The Gimp and it can do everything Photoshop does; car companies have captive audience and they know it.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Question; if you can cut off some features, wouldn't it be possible to bring a stolen care to a safe stop remotely?