You can trick your whip all you want, but GM says that car is still theirs, no matter what you’ve paid. In a hearing this week, General Motors attorney Harry Lightsey said that purchasing and paying off your GM vehicle is a license agreement and not ownership.
The U.S Copyright Office is holding a hearing on whether anyone other than the vehicle’s manufacturer has the right to alter the that car’s copyrighted software. With modern design being what it is, this means almost altering anything about the vehicle.
Mechanics and private owners are saying they need to be allowed to make repairs on their vehicles to keep them running or maintain their business. But GM is saying that anyone unauthorized altering anything about the vehicle could create problems with the software and endanger the driver. This sounds more like a business ploy on the part of GM to hold a monopoly on vehicle repairs.
Read more about GM’s position on page 2.
Well, the money I gave them is just a loan and I expect it back with interest.
I’d never buy a GM product
Well, I guess I can start sending the repair bills to them.
Insanity
government motors
My horse don’t have screws.
The “Pandoras Box” of legal liability. Be very careful GM!!
It’s a racket; The auto makers make cars more and more complicated to maintain, so as to drive independent mechanics out of business, and make it nearly impossible for do it yourselfers to work on vehicles, thereby leaving no choice but to take the vehicle to a dealer.
Never was a Chevy fan. Sure won’t be buying them now. We’ll, maybe a vette. Corvette. Not Chevette. 66. Or 69.
You don’t own any of them, just quit paying for tags and insurance and see how long you get to drive it !!!