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Why Your New Car Is Nearly Impossible to Fix (And It’s Getting Worse)
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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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Yeah this.
Cars are storing so much data that the auto manufacturers were using "mechanics having access to all your telemetry data" as one of their big reasons people should vote against Right-to-Repair in MA.
Nobody really questioned what kind of data the cars store, or for how long. Nobody cared that this implied dealer mechanics already have access to all that data, and for some reason we are supposed to trust dealer mechanics with that data more than independents and shadetrees, or even ourselves?
No matter, the propaganda must've worked because the ballot initiative failed.
Moral of the story, listen to what people don't say. It's often more important.
I've known enough mechanics to know... Maybe.. BIG MAYBE... I may trust them with a screwdriver but nothing more complicated