I am sure this article has been shared before, however I wanted to have a look at this topic.
The articles short summary is this:
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed
I am currently driving a 2014 Ford Fiesta which just has a radio with a CD player and Bluetooth. I do not need more than that in a car.
The reason I am looking at all is that that the Fiesta does not belong to me and the friend owning it will be moving out in a bit, so I kinda need another one.
There seems to be one brand that is not as bad as the other ones (but still bad): Renault; mozilla's review...
Maybe I will have a look at their cars.
What do you guys think? Stick to older used cars and not use an EV or look at which of the manufacturers have the least bad privacy policy?
Fun fact, French auto brands are defacto banned in the US. You can’t insure them.
I don't think we are missing much, I haven't heard anything but horror stories about french car reliability. This is purely from German acquaintances I have as well as some mechanic opinions I have been given.
Renaults have some of the best EVs on the current market though.
I believe it, my disgusting little ICE brain doesn't think of EV when I think car quite yet 😅 I hope there are good options available for the market here so that can change. In the meantime I might buy an old Nissan Leaf and mod the heck out of it to have better range and longevity, I don't know yet.
To be fair, the EVs are kinda brand new for them, so it may be different; we won’t know for sure though because they’re only a few years old at this point
Why not?
Freedom, probably.
No idea on the technical reason, but it’s complicated. There’s a lot of foreign brands that are banned here.
To answer any questions related to vehicle legislation in the US, look no further than the "Big Three": GM, Ford, and Chrysler/AMC/DaimlerChrysler/FCA/Stellantis.
These three dipshits removed and moan incessantly to daddy government any time they have to contend with actual competition. Look at Japanese kei trucks for the most recent example. Some states are even outright revoking their registrations despite being 100% legally imported, inspected, insured, and licensed. The excuse is "they are unsafe", meanwhile states will happily register Bubba's '32 Ford with a SBC, no mufflers, no cats, no seatbelts, headlight output equivalent to 3 candles, a single brake light, and no actual structure besides "pretty metal". But kei trucks bad. Because safety.
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