a fully disconnected car that does not report back to its mother ship. does. not. exist. only other option is to buy a car old enough that does not have it. also if you didn't bring this up most north americans would be blissfully unaware, as long as the car has a good cup holder.

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defrost 2 hours ago | parent [-]

'course it does .. any custom build shop will leave such things out on request, a great many don't even add in remote networking to begin with.

eg: https://www.okaaustralia.com/

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tardedmeme an hour ago | parent [-]

that's illegal in the EU, the car is mandated to be able to call 112 automatically, therefore it must have a cellphone in it

	▲	duskdozer 3 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is the one feature I'd actually like to have. It's a shame the adnet has to abuse everything.
	▲	hollow-moe 12 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I swear I didn't know the antennae of the tracker ~~safety~~ device was wrapped in aluminum all this time!
	▲	crote 43 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		This can be a completely independent unit. In fact, with all the safety-related certifications I bet that's even the easiest and cheapest way to do it!
	▲	gambiting an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Custom builds are exempt from this requirement.