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Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« on: 13 January 2024, 17:57:11 »
Ford have taken out patents on self repossession technology, where if you default on your car loan the car will self drive back to the dealers or a scrapyard!  :o

Before the car repossess itself it has a few tricks up it's sleeve to nudge the owner to sort the finance out, like disabling the car at weekends, disabling the air conditioning or playing an annoying noise from the stereo. Jeremy Vine perhaps?  ;D

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11803631/Ford-patents-self-driving-car-repossesses-owner-fails-payments.html
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2024, 18:42:19 »
Is it April fools day? ::)
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #2 on: 13 January 2024, 18:43:47 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #3 on: 13 January 2024, 18:49:16 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 18:43:47
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm finance free. I have never bought a car on finance, and now the mortgage(s) are finished I can just about scrape by and keep the wolf from the door.
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #4 on: 14 January 2024, 14:52:02 »
Never pay interest on anything now , been there done that never again.
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #5 on: 14 January 2024, 16:18:35 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:49:16
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 18:43:47
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm finance free. I have never bought a car on finance, and now the mortgage(s) are finished I can just about scrape by and keep the wolf from the door.
Yeah, but what happens when the software has a spaz, an thinks you are behind on the non-existent finance....
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #6 on: 14 January 2024, 16:30:44 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 14 January 2024, 16:18:35
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:49:16
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 18:43:47
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm finance free. I have never bought a car on finance, and now the mortgage(s) are finished I can just about scrape by and keep the wolf from the door.
Yeah, but what happens when the software has a spaz, an thinks you are behind on the non-existent finance....

Because car manufacturers are great at writing software... :-\
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #7 on: 14 January 2024, 17:26:36 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2024, 16:30:44
Quote from: TheBoy on 14 January 2024, 16:18:35
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:49:16
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 18:43:47
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm finance free. I have never bought a car on finance, and now the mortgage(s) are finished I can just about scrape by and keep the wolf from the door.
Yeah, but what happens when the software has a spaz, an thinks you are behind on the non-existent finance....

Because car manufacturers are great at writing software... :-\

It'll be fine.  :y 

They'll get Fujitsu to do it!  :o   ;D
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #8 on: 14 January 2024, 17:46:28 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 14 January 2024, 17:26:36
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2024, 16:30:44
Quote from: TheBoy on 14 January 2024, 16:18:35
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:49:16
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 18:43:47
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm finance free. I have never bought a car on finance, and now the mortgage(s) are finished I can just about scrape by and keep the wolf from the door.
Yeah, but what happens when the software has a spaz, an thinks you are behind on the non-existent finance....

Because car manufacturers are great at writing software... :-\

It'll be fine.  :y 

They'll get Fujitsu to do it!  :o   ;D

They seem very quiet at the moment. ::)

Should the British taxpayer pay for their f*uck up? ::)
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #9 on: 14 January 2024, 23:02:17 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 17:57:11
Ford have taken out patents on self repossession technology, where if you default on your car loan the car will self drive back to the dealers or a scrapyard!  :o

Before the car repossess itself it has a few tricks up it's sleeve to nudge the owner to sort the finance out, like disabling the car at weekends, disabling the air conditioning or playing an annoying noise from the stereo. Jeremy Vine perhaps?  ;D

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11803631/Ford-patents-self-driving-car-repossesses-owner-fails-payments.html
Does the idiot that wrote that piece not realise that Ford is simply a finance company that happens to make vehicles?

Now that technology is available to assist recovery of defaulted product, what did anyone expect to happen  ???
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #10 on: 15 January 2024, 08:21:32 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2024, 16:30:44
Quote from: TheBoy on 14 January 2024, 16:18:35
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:49:16
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 18:43:47
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm finance free. I have never bought a car on finance, and now the mortgage(s) are finished I can just about scrape by and keep the wolf from the door.
Yeah, but what happens when the software has a spaz, an thinks you are behind on the non-existent finance....

Because car manufacturers are great at writing software... :-\
And with most SW devs being millenials now, they'll all buy into Agile, which means the code will have more bugs than a Libyian coffee shop....
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Re: Don't Fall Behind On The Car Payments
« Reply #11 on: 15 January 2024, 10:59:18 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 15 January 2024, 08:21:32
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2024, 16:30:44
Quote from: TheBoy on 14 January 2024, 16:18:35
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:49:16
Quote from: Sir Tigger KC on 13 January 2024, 18:43:47
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2024, 18:42:19
Is it April fools day? ::)

Apparently not. It's the future.  :)

Well, I'm glad I'm finance free. I have never bought a car on finance, and now the mortgage(s) are finished I can just about scrape by and keep the wolf from the door.
Yeah, but what happens when the software has a spaz, an thinks you are behind on the non-existent finance....

Because car manufacturers are great at writing software... :-\
And with most SW devs being millenials now, they'll all buy into Agile, which means the code will have more bugs than a Libyian coffee shop....
Yet another reason not to buy a new car.
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