> I suspect my next car purchase will be complicated by this as well.
Yeah. I bought my car 5 years ago, and even then it was a trend to stick a cellular modem in the car to sell a subscription remote start/car tracking service.
It was hard, but I determined that my car didn't have a modem (by asking the sales guy if they needed to install a part to activate the service, or if they could just do it from their computer over-the-phone).
My wife's care does have a modem, and I've been tempted to disconnect the box for those features (it's separate from the head unit), or install a dummy load in place of the antenna.
Yeah. I bought my car 5 years ago, and even then it was a trend to stick a cellular modem in the car to sell a subscription remote start/car tracking service.
It was hard, but I determined that my car didn't have a modem (by asking the sales guy if they needed to install a part to activate the service, or if they could just do it from their computer over-the-phone).
My wife's care does have a modem, and I've been tempted to disconnect the box for those features (it's separate from the head unit), or install a dummy load in place of the antenna.