<story><title>Jailbreaking Subaru StarLink</title><url>https://github.com/sgayou/subaru-starlink-research/blob/master/doc/README.md</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>froindt</author><text>&amp;gt;Do cars even come without &amp;#x27;smart&amp;#x27; options nowadays?&lt;p&gt;This will be much harder to find on new cars in the US. As our May 2018, all new cars are required to have backup cameras (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Backup_camera#Mandates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Backup_camera#Mandates&lt;/a&gt;). Now that a screen is required, it&amp;#x27;s harder to financially justify putting in a head unit that includes physical dials. Instead we&amp;#x27;re stuck with crap like &amp;quot;find the button for volume on the screen, then tap it 15 times to adequately adjust it&amp;quot;. I&amp;#x27;m hanging on to my 2011 Honda Civic for the foreseeable future, and pray the UI won&amp;#x27;t suck on newer vehicles or find a basic trim 2016-2018 that doesn&amp;#x27;t do everything on the screen.&lt;p&gt;I appreciate the safety aspect, but hate the UI of every car I&amp;#x27;ve interacted with.&lt;p&gt;Any recommendations for cars whose UI doesn&amp;#x27;t suck?</text></item><item><author>dugditches</author><text>Do cars even come without &amp;#x27;smart&amp;#x27; options nowadays? As in, is it possible to buy a new basic trim car with a traditional radio&amp;#x2F;without a screen? That can be removed or replaced?&lt;p&gt;I just wonder if this &amp;#x27;smart tech&amp;#x27; will become like when you find a CD changer in the trunk of a car. Except these smart dashes won&amp;#x27;t be easily removable&amp;#x2F;swappable like an old cassette deck.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bonniemuffin</author><text>Even though my 2019 Subaru is covered in screens, it also has physical knobs and buttons for the volume, air conditioning, and changing between radio station presets. I usually find that I don&amp;#x27;t have to touch the touchscreen on an average car trip.</text></comment>
<story><title>Jailbreaking Subaru StarLink</title><url>https://github.com/sgayou/subaru-starlink-research/blob/master/doc/README.md</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>froindt</author><text>&amp;gt;Do cars even come without &amp;#x27;smart&amp;#x27; options nowadays?&lt;p&gt;This will be much harder to find on new cars in the US. As our May 2018, all new cars are required to have backup cameras (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Backup_camera#Mandates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Backup_camera#Mandates&lt;/a&gt;). Now that a screen is required, it&amp;#x27;s harder to financially justify putting in a head unit that includes physical dials. Instead we&amp;#x27;re stuck with crap like &amp;quot;find the button for volume on the screen, then tap it 15 times to adequately adjust it&amp;quot;. I&amp;#x27;m hanging on to my 2011 Honda Civic for the foreseeable future, and pray the UI won&amp;#x27;t suck on newer vehicles or find a basic trim 2016-2018 that doesn&amp;#x27;t do everything on the screen.&lt;p&gt;I appreciate the safety aspect, but hate the UI of every car I&amp;#x27;ve interacted with.&lt;p&gt;Any recommendations for cars whose UI doesn&amp;#x27;t suck?</text></item><item><author>dugditches</author><text>Do cars even come without &amp;#x27;smart&amp;#x27; options nowadays? As in, is it possible to buy a new basic trim car with a traditional radio&amp;#x2F;without a screen? That can be removed or replaced?&lt;p&gt;I just wonder if this &amp;#x27;smart tech&amp;#x27; will become like when you find a CD changer in the trunk of a car. Except these smart dashes won&amp;#x27;t be easily removable&amp;#x2F;swappable like an old cassette deck.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>RandomBacon</author><text>My 2015 Toyota Corolla has a screen for the backup camera, but it also has physical buttons.  The digital and physical interfaces are pretty good.  Because it&amp;#x27;s a Toyota, it will probably be reliable for a very long time, and because it&amp;#x27;s a Corolla, there will probably always be parts available.&lt;p&gt;If for some reason you get a trim level that does not have cruise control, it&amp;#x27;s easy to add:  drill a hole in the steering console, mount the lever, and plug it in.  The car is already programmed with the feature.</text></comment>