Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

  • ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk
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    6 hours ago

    This what I don’t get, those huge “infotainment” screens are perfectly acceptable, but you can’t answer a phone.

    Edit; missed the letter “a”.

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      4 hours ago

      You are typically allowed to have limited interaction with a mounted phone.

      You can’t pick your phone up or anything like that, but you are allowed some very limited usage if it’s mounted. It’s no different than a built in car dash at that point.

      However, fuck this, this is beyond expected use, and is definitely going to cause distracted driving.

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      5 hours ago

      You’re usually not supposed to interact with the screen either when driving, and it’s easier to put your hand back on the wheel when the screen is mounded instead of dropping your phone… but I get what you mean.