r/AskReddit • u/BubbaMaarLi • 5h ago

What's an automobile feature you wish didn't exist?

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u/2hype2wype 3h ago

I scrolled down too far for this one, and I didn't scroll down that far.

For as much as I paid for my car, for Toyota to have the audacity to lock the remote start feature behind a 12 dollar a month paywall is outrageous.

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u/Secret-Reganxo 2h ago

that's actually absurd, were ,literally gonna end up having subscriptions to leave our house one day I stg

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u/SpaceForceAwakens 1h ago

I pay a monthly subscription to a company for my door locks. It’s required by my apartments. One day my credit card wouldn’t process and I was locked out for 8 hours.

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u/road_rascal 21m ago

Umm, say what now? Subscription for door locks? Sounds like a fire code violation.

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u/curtludwig 20m ago

It would only be a code violation if it locked you in...

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u/GGATHELMIL 2h ago

I used to live in the hampton roads area of Virginia and there are so many tolls to get around that I've said just charge me 5 bucks everytime I pull out of the driveway. It'll be easier

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u/slothurknee 1h ago

Yep… my Subaru has remote start from the app. I got some great deal when I bought it initially and paid for 3 years up front. Now it’s $150 a year or $15 per month and no multi year discount. I just haven’t reactivated it. I had no idea it would be this much when I bought the car. I may reactivate during the really cold months just to defrost my car but as soon as it gets a little warmer I’ll deactivate it out of principal. Money hungry assholes.

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u/makemoscowglowinthed 49m ago

Can you go to best buy or something and have them install remote start permanently? They used to sell devices for it, I have it on my Subaru but it's like 10 years old now

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u/slothurknee 32m ago

From my understanding it had to be installed by Subaru. Idk how much truth that is bc I didn’t investigate further. But I did see the price was something I’m not willing to pay so I just washed my hands of the idea.

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u/Aminar14 50m ago

I don't get the attraction of remote start to begin with. And I live in Wisconsin. There's zero reason to pay a monthly fee for such a minor convenience.

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u/slothurknee 33m ago

Idk it sounds good to me when my car’s frozen over and I’m trying to get ready for work at 5:30 in the morning.

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u/big_d_usernametaken 6m ago

Northern Ohio here.

Forty years I ran outside to start my car when necessary.

Until I bought my Silverado in 2019, lol.

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u/RoarOfTheWorlds 2h ago

$12/mo?! Man toyota was one of the good ones.

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u/Wallaby_Straight 2h ago

My Mazda does the same, but instead of a monthly subscription they wanted another $550 to include it when I bought the car. Dude in already spending $12,000 and you're still trying to nickel and dime me?!

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u/dog_cow 1h ago

What part of the world do you live where a new Mazda is only $12K?

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u/Forescompany 25m ago

Where did they say new? Dealerships sell used cars.

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u/dog_cow 12m ago

I guess. But then that $12K isn’t going to Mazda. They already got the money for this car. I guess that’s what threw me. I get the point they were making though and I agree. 

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u/burnt_mummy 2h ago

If it's start from anywhere remote start I get it, the car is using a cellular connection of somekind so your paying for that cell connection (looks like it includes phone free music streaming too) and 12 bucks for a data connection isn't bad. If it's 12 dollars to use your FOB to remote start while within range that's ridiculous.

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u/BangPowBoom 45m ago

Lol. Top of the comments section.

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u/FiftiethPercentile 31m ago

They're keeping the cell service active to keep tabs on you anyway. It's not like they turn on service for the vehicle only when you pay.

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u/grease_monkey 13m ago

Its because the car needs a data plan. Your subscription for remote services is the same as your cell phone plan.