Monthly, or annual, subscription has been used by Mercedes for years to pay for extended navigation and other features.
Extending that to other "nice to have" features makes a degree of sense as it allows the cars to be built with all the needed hardware and then activates, or not, using over the air software.
I'd pay to have lane control and other "nanny" features disabled, but I don't see it happening. The C43 is old enough not to have these features. The Tesla does, and once the Plus 8 is returned to health, it will go. Increasingly I'm minded never to buy a touch screen connected a computer and Bluetooth and to 4 wheels and stick with older cars.
Last edited by Peter J; 14/07/22 02:58 PM. Reason: Addition
