I mean.... I'd buy one. Already got a Pinecil.

Just put a faraday cage around the antenna.

My VW has carplay / android auto but the built-in Sim no longer functions (2g).

From 2011 has most modern luxuries

2g antenna sare still up and running. Every new generation is add on top of the previous like a new layer of the network. And telemetry can be collected through older gen network.

Oh my god, no. No, no, no.

Just because they aren't making those features available to you doesn't mean they aren't still tracking all that stuff.

I mean sort of. What is "base" has also changed.

Try finding an EV that doesn't have automatic windows but has old school manual rollup/rolldown windows. You can't, even though its more environmentally friendly.

That community completely ignores reality for millions billions of people that absolutely need a car to live a life in the thousands of cities that don't have adequate public transportation and 100% of the rural areas in the world.

Man I would loooooove to find an old like 95 Regal. Totally a grandpa car, but all the freaking amenities, better cushioning than your couch, leg room, bench seat half the time, a V8 that can't dump power and you can hold like 5 half racks under the hood if you needed too (tho pls don't) there's so much room.

Not a knuckle of blood anywhere to be found.

One thing I love about older cars from Detroit, definitely not the gas mileage but I can keep my spare fluids in the engine compartment lol

I get what you're trying to say but gas engines are inherently electrical. That's how they generate the spark.

My city doesn't even have bus fare. It's not like they're grabbing my biometrics when I step in. They're not trying to identify me when I walk on.

You just walk on, wait, then walk off.

It may not be the most private way of transport but it's not actively collecting data on you, which is what this is about.

EDIT: Further, it's just easier for a car to collect data on it's owner. When you buy a car, you get a Title which registers the Vehicle Identification Number to the owners name. Then, when you're driving, because you're in public you're required to have your Drivers License, Registration, Insurance, a License Plate and up-to-date Tabs all very specific identifiers that identify both the driver and the car. The cars sensors only have to identify the owner, to whom it is already registered, and so they know the data they're collecting is from one person/one family.

I've seen my cities bus budget. They have cameras on the bus for the protection of drivers but can barely afford them. They're definitely not dumping money into shit like facial recognition. I don't even need an ID to ride the bus. I can walk on with empty pockets and no one is gonna tell me I can't ride the bus without ID. If you drive without your license, you can get it taken away.

Neither does just existing in public?

That's not really the point with the car privacy issues.