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I am satisfied to remain with this - the last generation of cars before full reliance of all-software driven systems and direct-link to big brother become the norm.
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this is something that a large amount of engineers ive spoken to dislike. for the time being, we are lucky enough that most manufacturers are not willing to fully integrate every driver aid, as the potential of unrecoverable failure increases dramatically.
a few cars are known for thier data collection, and analysis... such as some ferrari's.
i am unsure of most of the large automakers, but from the looks of things at Ford, i dont think this will be the case. there are plans to have available, essentially out of the factory, cars set up with options from the Ford Racing parts catalouge. its important to realize the significance this has on tuning one's car as a knowlege base, rather then freebase so to speak.
its not so dissimilar to Subaru's deal of getting a 1 year membership in the SCCA for buying an STi... or the video that comes with the corvette.
another question relating to auto data collection would be the invasion of privacy aspect. not that secret deals have been conducted in the past... i feel we are still safe for some time to come. time will tell
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