• @li10
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    624 days 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.

    • @rab@lemmy.ca
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      124 days ago

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

      • @Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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        24 days 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

        • @rab@lemmy.ca
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          123 days 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

      • @ursakhiin@beehaw.org
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        223 days ago

        It’s not reliability the mechanic is picking older cars for. It’s the ability to work on it themselves.

        Most people would be paying more to have somebody work on an older car over and over again because the parts aren’t made anymore.

        • @rab@lemmy.ca
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          123 days ago

          Yup, as I replied to other guy, newer vehicles are intentionally difficult to service is the main issue