• Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m starting to think I won’t ever buy a new car n keep driving older, dumber cars. My current car is an 08, and anything beyond that seems to have been slowly enshittified.

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      8 months ago

      I thought the same about Smart TV’s. Now there’s no escape. You can only block it’s network traffic.

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      8 months ago

      That won’t work at scale; cars wear out, and become expensive enough to maintain that people scrap them

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          8 months ago

          I think every old Ranger is begging to be put out of it’s misery. Those cars were piles of shit when new, and even bigger piles of shit now that they’re old.

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          8 months ago

          On average, people junk cars at about 20 years. A few really do last longer, particularly if they’re not driven daily.

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            8 months ago

            If you’re handy or willing to learn, it’s entirely possible to ship of Theseus most pre-2005 vehicles. For some models it could ultimately be economical.

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          8 months ago

          Protect that thing like it’s worth its weight in gold. I had a 91 that was unstoppable until someone else hit it running a red light. Got an edge now and it’s close but not the same

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        8 months ago

        Just keep 7 or 8 of the same model and fix it yourself. Pretty soon we’ll be able to fabricate every single part on these so even if the parts go out we will be able to keep them running