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Automobile Enthusiasts

ret5hd

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3. if it's on your phone, it takes it...

Reply to dsc (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 11:19 PM

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if you can read your messages on your phone, then connect to airplay etc, it reads all your messages and sells them.

also. when/if you sell the car, you also have to go thru the procedure to erase all your data from the car…or risk that whoever buys your car from taking that data also.

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