Car Repairs

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IMO, I can't see how making progress on car maintainability would be easier than on car dependency.

One depends on local politics, the other on national (or maybe even national to a foreign nation) politics or somehow convincing a global oligopolist to lose a bit of money to help your cause.

But if you want to work on it, good luck and all the power to you. Don't stop just because another problem exists.

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The actual solution is to reduce dependence on cars.

Moineau

Americans giving you big mad downvotes. Fuck cars.

FartsWithAnAccent

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Also, learn to repair your own car or at least do basic maintenance if you absolutely have to rely on a car. It can save you a lot of money and much of it is surprisingly easy (sometimes this depends on what car you have though). Oil changes on my car cost $70-80 in a shop but if I did it myself it was closer to $40 and the whole thing maybe took 30 minutes.

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right to repair needs to come faster, my fucking malibu needs to have the front bumper be partially removed in order to change the headlight. Yea let's risk cracking the bumper to change a headlight. Really nice.

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Oh, I'm not trying to say either are going to be easy, but they both have their individual benefits and there's some overlap. Having more community-based knowledge of internal combustion engines could still help people switch to motorcycles as a start.

You also never know when someone will make a connection that's never been thought of before, and completely change how we think about transportation, and the more knowledge in more people's hands, the better.

Just trying to say it's a "Yes, and" situation.

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Only 4 downvotes so far. Better than I thought it'd go.

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This hits to close to home. Just got a quote to fix my wife's car $3500. Likes it a 2008 Hyundai accent can buy another car for that. Crazy expensive fix we don't have.

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What broke?

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This is why I only drive 90s and 2000s Asian cars. Cheap to own, cheap to repair, parts are abundant and easy to work on without needing specialized equipment.

Plus if you enjoy driving like me, you have a huge selection of fun, reliable JDM sports cars to choose from, all under $10K.

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The car did silly

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Well, the actual solution is to abolish Capitalism...

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How is it gone? You can still decline repairs.

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Yes my wife's car.

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"Estimate"

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Depends on the laws in your state

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Not really that hard if you've touched a car in the past 25 years.

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To an extent. If its not able to be safely driven, they are supposed to require you to have it properly transported (towed or on a flatbed depending on condition).

Actually got to see the cops called over that once.

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What part of the car?