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.
Years ago, the major manufacturers had a scheme known as planned obsolescence, where cars were made to last just so long then get to the point where you had to replace the car. Sounds like the latest presentation of the old scheme.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gm-ad-idUSTRE4B738W20081208
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gm-ad-idUSTRE4B738W20081208
if that’s true grow some balls and come get from me
Last I recall that car is paid off ,,,,,,,,,
If it’s their car then they can pay all the repair costs – forever!
I have a 20 year old Toyota with 300,000+ miles snd it’s STILL better than ANYTHING I’ve ever had from GM!
And that folks, is one MORE reason I’m not buying GM again!
Glad I don’t and never will drive a GM
May be it’s time to make GM end up like Studebaker extinct