• Aremel@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 months ago

    For me it’s more kicking me while I’m down. I do not need a new windshield right now, life!

  • Howdy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    Literally me. Also, freaking AGM batteries… so expensive. To support the auto idle off feature that I despise I have to buy a more expensive battery.

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      3 months ago

      AGMs are actually worth the squeeze even on a car that doesn’t necessarily require one, they’re genuinely good-ass batteries. Expensive, though. But they’ll blow the pants off a lead acid in a stress test.

      Also lots of cars have an option to toggle the auto-off. Not all of them though. And some will reset it every time you turn the car on and off.

      • Howdy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        That’s good to hear, this is my first one and had a bit of sticker shock replacing it yesterday. Yeah, my car does have the auto idle off switch but you have to toggle it every start-up to disable it. I dont mind it when I’m in the city stopped at lights but when its shutting off at each stop sign its super annoying.

        • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          3 months ago

          What’s your car make, model, and year? I just don’t believe that there’s no permanent disable and I volunteer to help you research a permanent toggle.

          • Howdy@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            I just did some searxng and there is some options, but all require modifying the car in one way or another. I think I’m going to go that route. Thanks for making me look :)

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 months ago

      I have never regretted retrofitting AGMs into cars that didn’t even call for it. Every time they’ve outlived the car.

    • linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml
      2·
      3 months ago

      does that really count as a car problem, to me a car problem is when ur care breaks randomly, crashing feels like something else, something in a different category.

  • frostycakes@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    Facts, my car, despite having the same issues it had when I bought it, will not pass emissions despite passing with flying colors two years ago when I bought it. Of course this is right as my state is cracking down on out of date registrations, and apparently I need to spend over $1k before I’m eligible for a temp emissions waiver. Tough when I spent $2k total on the car, lmao.

    I’m barely clawed out of credit card debt and here comes this stupid bomb. Damn you, Toyota, for fucking up the 1zz engine to where it develops oil burning issues that require work that’s approaching a rebuild to fix, especially since the car drives perfectly fine so long as it’s topped off.

  • KellysNokia@lemmy.world
    26·
    3 months ago

    Toyota

    They’re boring, they’re behind in tech, they aren’t cool, they’re more expensive to buy

    But seriously, if you want to just follow the maintenance schedule and get to where you need to go with minimal doubt - there’s nothing quite like them

    • eatCasserole@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      I can’t trust a car no matter how Japanese it is, but… I watched a lil docuseries on dangerous roads, and it seemed like at least 80% of the vehicles (outside of heavy trucks) were Toyota. I dunno if it’s because they’re the most reliable, or because Toyota just has the market in many of these developing countries, but it was interesting.

    • pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz
      1·
      3 months ago

      Older German cars also are great. My Skoda from ~2000 is still going strong (never had any issues) and I also see a lot of other older VW/Skoda around (also Audi, Mercedes and BMW but those are more expensive). Don’t know what it’s like today but at that time at least Skodas got the exact same engines as Audis, just not as beautiful bodies.

      Can’t comment on modern German cars, they haven’t passed the test of time yet.

    • Chaos@lemmy.world
      7·
      3 months ago

      Agreed. Bought a used toyota yaris back in 2018. Still runs perfect, and even if something would go wrong. It’s cheap so I’m not worried. Good speakers, mpg is decent enough and road tax is like £35 per year. Doesn’t make me look super cool, but I’d rather be financially sound.

    • pedz@lemmy.ca
      6·
      3 months ago

      Unfortunately this one depends a lot where you live.

      I never owned a car but I live in Canada and public transit sucks. Our provincial government is actively cutting funds to cities’ public transit. And intercity routes are detained by VIA Rail or coach buses >!!<that sucks.

      It’s easier for me to go to the airport and in another country than move in my own province.

      VIA Rail trains are infrequent, always late, pricey and most employees are jaded. They also don’t take bikes. It’s a problem. Sometimes you can get stuck as a prisoner on the train, without food, water or toilets for multiple hours.

      https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/via-rain-passengers-stuck-1.7311176

      Another one was stuck for 12 hours last year.

      Coaches are cramped and also have very limited intercity services. The city I need to go to frequently only has three coaches a day at inconvenient times. They are usually full and they charge $15 to bring a bike.

      I’ve been car free for 20 years but I’ve come to hate taking the train or coaches here. I’m slowly realizing that my province really really wants me to get a car.

    • SorryQuick@lemmy.ca
      72·
      3 months ago

      There are plenty of places where not having a car isn’t even a possibility. If I didn’t have a car, not only would I be unable to work, I’d probably also starve to death, or perhaps have to eat gas station food the rest of my life.

  • Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml
    8·
    3 months ago

    It’s funny to think of life as a board game or a role playing game being played on the “astral plane” or whatever by our “higher selves.” Car problems etc are just really unfortunate dice rolls.