• li10@feddit.uk
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    8 months ago

    I really don’t get the appeal of fancy new cars… If I see someone in a new car then I usually assume they’re in debt tbh.

    I always find it funny driving through posh areas and you usually see a Corsa on the driveway of a 1 mil+ house.

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      8 months ago

      All new cars are trash, ask what your mechanic drives and it’s gonna be like 20 years old

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        8 months ago

        I mean, I’m a computer guy and some of the computers I use daily I wouldn’t tell other people to use, I just use them because I know what’s broken and what incantations to get it working well enough and its dirt cheap to keep using a half broken and dying machine. I assume many mechanics cars are similar

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          8 months ago

          Well, like consumer electronics, vehicles are not made to be serviced or repaired, and in the car world it’s the exact same

          Example, replacing the blower motor on a 2006 Sierra is a 1 hour job vs 15 hours on a 2015 and it’s all intentionally difficult like this to charge insane rates for labour