▲ 275 ▼ Buying a new car has become unaffordable for a growing number of Americans. The auto industry is worried (www.nytimes.com) submitted 5 months ago* by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 139 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago* (2 children) That sounds freaking rad to me. I want an open source car standard so bad. Exposed screwheads, teardowns galore, commonly available parts. I'd even learn manual. I hear they're fun. The biggest con is we've been trained to see vehicles as fashion and status statements rather than their utility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Putting one of those together would be a pretty awesome highschool shop class. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Sometimes a strange car will gain a sort of "cult" following, and that's when you sometimes end up with a situation like you describe, where parts are made by many different 3rd parties. I have an old Japanese 4x4 that was so awesome that Mopar had to team up with consumer reports and the government to kill it. It's 30+ years old and I can get parts for it as easily as I can an F150. Notable past and current examples of this include: Chevy Corvair Geo Metro Harley-davidson anything Jeep wrangler Suzuki Samurai Toyota Supra Edit: formatting are hard permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Putting one of those together would be a pretty awesome highschool shop class. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) Sometimes a strange car will gain a sort of "cult" following, and that's when you sometimes end up with a situation like you describe, where parts are made by many different 3rd parties. I have an old Japanese 4x4 that was so awesome that Mopar had to team up with consumer reports and the government to kill it. It's 30+ years old and I can get parts for it as easily as I can an F150. Notable past and current examples of this include: Chevy Corvair Geo Metro Harley-davidson anything Jeep wrangler Suzuki Samurai Toyota Supra Edit: formatting are hard permalink fedilink source parent