Fiat Chrysler pushed a UConnect update that causes constant reboots
It&#x27;s things like this that make me enjoy older cars from the 80&#x27;s and 90&#x27;s.<p>I used to own an old Datsun truck. If anything went wrong, I knew that I&#x27;d most likely be able to fix it myself, or if I couldn&#x27;t my mechanic could. There was no software to break, no security vulnerabilities that would cause the brakes to fail, no DRM requiring Genuine Datsun© lightbulbs for the lights to work.<p>Sure, the thing was a deathtrap, but I owned everything in that truck.<p>Things are a bit more locked down in 90&#x27;s cars with fuel injection, as the injection system is a bit more specialised than a carb and they have an ECU. But even the ECU on 90&#x27;s cars is fairly open.<p>Obviously there are a couple of fundamental flaws with older cars. The first is that older vehicles are a lot less safe than modern cars, the second being that they are a lot less reliable because they have usually done a lot of miles. They&#x27;re also less fuel efficient.<p>I don&#x27;t want or need an entertainment system in my car, all I need is a aux in, and I&#x27;m happy. I don&#x27;t need my car to be connected to the internet, I don&#x27;t need GPS, or the weather forecast, or any other dumb tech gimmick. I have a phone for all of that, and when my phone gets old, I can replace it. I can&#x27;t replace the entertainment system in a modern car.<p>Luckily, there are still a lot of lower end cars that don&#x27;t have all these &quot;features&quot;. But what I would like is a higher end car, but without all the gimmicks, this is especially a problem with 4wd vehicles, they have too many electronic things in them. You can completely flood an old diesel Toyota Landcruiser or Hilux, and as long as your air intake is above the water, it will keep driving. You can&#x27;t do that in a modern one.