I'm renting a Ford Edge right now. After a few minutes, the radio will mute itself until you buckle your seatbelt. The car is configured to limit your speed to 80 MPH or under.
Even though I drive with my seatbelt on under 80 MPH anyways, it's really annoying for my car to tell me what to do.
It should be configurable, the rental company probably programmed the key they gave you.
When I rented a Penske truck, it was speed limited to 75mph, which I don't object too, 26" diesel truck over 75mph is a scary thing, even when going in a straight line through fields of corn.
Since you are renting, it's not really "your car", it's the rental company's. And I think they have a vested interest in controlling how you use their car.
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I'm renting a Ford Edge right now. After a few minutes, the radio will mute itself until you buckle your seatbelt. The car is configured to limit your speed to 80 MPH or under.
Even though I drive with my seatbelt on under 80 MPH anyways, it's really annoying for my car to tell me what to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyKey
It should be configurable, the rental company probably programmed the key they gave you.
When I rented a Penske truck, it was speed limited to 75mph, which I don't object too, 26" diesel truck over 75mph is a scary thing, even when going in a straight line through fields of corn.
Since you are renting, it's not really "your car", it's the rental company's. And I think they have a vested interest in controlling how you use their car.