Um, nobody is defending anybody for throwing around that word. 

Unauthorized use of a computer system to cause damage is most assuredly criminal. 

Just take the L, dumbass.

Yeah, I’m treading carefully here but dealerships make mistakes; you can tell the good ones not by whether or not they make mistakes - not catching some dumb shit a kid did immediately - but how fast they make it right. Sounds like this VW dealer looked into it and made it right really fast. I’m honestly surprised as…

I mean, I’ve had 8 billion of those stickers in my windshield, and I’ve never read a single one. I usually peel them off as I leave the parking lot.

The message is part of a template, and the mileage gets filled based upon when the service was done, and the label gets printed.

One could argue that the kid who accessed the equipment to change the labels did commit a crime. He had no permission to change the dealer’s notification sticker, and had to know it was going to cause economic injury to the business. I’m pretty sure some ADA, even in North Carolina, could figure out a plausible charge.

Jalopnik covers all areas of transportation. Boats, airplanes, air travel, motorcycles, unicycles...

I have been called that word. I’m for giving the dealership the benefit of the doubt because I remember when I used to go to Radio Shack and type the following into their display computers:

There was even a very entertaining game released.

Yeah I’m 20 and remember watching the video and playing the games as a kid. 

Must be pretty hard to land a plane on a Nimitz-class with all those giant sails in the way, huh?

aircraft carriers use sails?

SAILING VESSEL.

I mean, a Nimitz class is 1091 feet or something. This is 417. You’re bad at math. This is a sailboat that’s a fucking third as long as a carrier. If you don’t find that impressive I don’t know what to tell you.

sailing as in using sails as a primary means of propulsion 

Huh? Your argument is that.... he’s going to become Batman??

It's the New York Post, though. The quotes apply.

“What snitches deserve”?

Real criminals don’t do ticky tack shit like take their license plates. These people are just shitbags trying to get away with flouting traffic rules. Fuck them, he’s right. If you are so bad at driving that you have to edit your plate to keep from paying fines, fuck you and stop driving.