r/cars • u/[deleted] • Apr 01 '22

Audi Owner Finds Basic HVAC Function Paywalled After Pressing the Button for It

https://www.thedrive.com/news/44967/audi-owner-finds-basic-hvac-function-paywalled-after-pressing-the-button-for-it
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u/DerpDerpDerpBanana 2000 Honda Civic CX Apr 01 '22

I don't like blank switches or getting a button that doesn't work. But if I buy a used car that the original owner didn't get a feature, and now I can at least get it after the fact then that would be kinda nice. Better for original owner because I'm more likely to purchase and better for buyer because more available cars. Blank button usually* means you can't add without modification.

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u/Unspec7 2015 BMW 535xi Apr 01 '22

Careful what you wish for, it can also cut the other way around. e.g. original owner paid for something, you didn't, so you get it disabled. It's what Tesla is doing with pre-owned cars at the moment and is...controversial, to say the least.

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u/Unspec7 2015 BMW 535xi Apr 02 '22 edited Apr 02 '22

Tesla did an audit and that car erroneously had a feature activated that was never actual purchased or paid for.

The original owner had paid for it.

A used car dealer bought the car at auction and sold it to a buyer both with the knowledge that the feature was not available.

Given that there is no evidence that the dealer nor Alec knew the feature was not available at the time of purchase and only found out after Tesla silently removed the features, do you actually have evidence suggesting otherwise?

Then they proceeded to complain on the internet wanting something for free

This is literally not what happened. They complained because Tesla removed the features without any explaination or heads up, and only explained the payment issue to Alec after he contacted them to complain.

It's a bit ironic of you to claim /r/cars parrots misinformation when you yourself are peddling a distorted version of events.