• 1847953620@lemmy.world
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          Idc about any of the things mentioned, but anti-consumer, anti-repair bs has been increasing steadily for many years

      • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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        You can have that all with an older car. As far as I’m concerned, tech has regressed since car manufacturers decided to go touchscreen.

        • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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          Safety technology absolutely has not regressed, new cars are safer than ever, and generally make the roads safer by A) having more assists and alerts for drivers and B) having better crash structure resulting in less fatal accidents.

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      Well certainly some people need to buy new. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be used to cars to buy.

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      Because covid destroyed the car supply chain and made new cars basically the same price as used

      In some cases, used is actually more expensive because it’s available that day, whereas ordering a vehicle still takes 6+ weeks

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        And now we have strikes so we camt get new cars or parts to fix the cars we have. Fun times.

        • 1847953620@lemmy.world
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          Strikes help the workers afford shit they wouldn’t otherwise, and has positive consequences for others in the same class

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        Yup, and that’s why I’m still driving my 15+ yo cars. I’d like to replace the gas guzzler, but I’m not spending $40k or whatever to do so.