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Should be a wild four years.

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SCV said:
General TV adoption happened right after WWII so they would've been the first generation to grow up with mass market media. Their parents would not have any experience raising them in that environment or teaching them to be skeptical of the media. Plus at the time there would've been no easy way to disprove things (like we have with the internet today). Really their biggest sin is continuing to believe it past 2014 when things went off the rails.
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My parents were born in the late 40s, and I'm fairly sure my mom learned from her dad not to trust everything you see on TV or read in the papers.
 
LiquidKid said:
There’s been close to no real mechanical advancements since the mid-1980’s. As long as you do regular maintenance and it wasn’t a piece of shit from the factory, your car can basically alas as long as you need it to.
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Barring any unforeseen shitty luck.

I got a great deal on a 2008 X3 3.0i, the ones that were built like tanks.

One day, the engine dies as I pull onto the highway on a -35 day.

Get it towed to a good independent garage that specializes in German stuff. Owner worked for BMW for 20-some years.

He checks the valves.

Turns out I had the luck to encounter a 1 in 10,000 parts failure he had only read about before.

There was an issue in the smelting plant that made the timing gears that led to some of the metal not quite being right for a couple of weeks. My master timing gear was one of the parts made from the bad alloy, and it shattered. Debris rode up the timing chain and took out a few valves.

A new engine was the only fix, and that would have been the same price as replacing the whole vehicle, but finding a used X3 in my area was like looking for a needle in a haystack because of how reliable they are. Nobody gets rid of one.
 
moocow said:
I briefly considered (and attempted) commuting to work about a decade ago by bicycle instead of driving. It was about a 2 mile "trek" -- one main road (6-lane, with bike lanes and sidewalks), and one side road to the office.

I made the attempt once. FUCK THAT. Never again:
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A reasonable person might come to the conclusion that because bikes are different enough from cars and pedestrians both, that they should get their own protected or grade-separated lanes, or perhaps bike trails, so they can move at their natural speed without being a hazard to either cars or pedestrians. The spergs documented in the r/fuckcars community watch thread will call you car-brained and berate you for daring to suggest that bikes be given a means to not inconvenience motorists.

quaawaa said:
Why did they add free sex drugs though?
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With how the federal government was shown to function before the arrival of Trump, are you surprised that the government is full of faggots?

W@rui said:
...I guess we have two moons now????????????

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As long as the military industrial complex does not accidentally open a gate to Hell while testing teleportation technology between the two moons, I'm sure it will be fine.

LiquidKid said:
Jesus, $39,999 for a Honda pilot? The dealer markup here is insane. You’d be an absolutely smooth brain not to make them take $5k off that listing.
All dealerships try to rob you, so you have to be a mega asshole back to them, car salesmen aren’t human.
I just bought a 2025 Mazda3 Turbo Premium Plus(I wanted All Wheel drive and an heads up display and only that trim has both) and made them go from $40k down to $35k.


The key is to always leave the dealership the first time. Ideally with either the offer they gave or a photo of the offer, then tell them you’re talking to rival dealerships and wait a week. By day 3 they’ll be calling you to come back and by day 7 they’ll either make the deal you want or leave you alone.
Then when the faggot at the end tried to upsell you an extended warranty you tell him to get fucked
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All true, but I would wager the great majority of people who buy new cars do little to no negotiating, and just sign the installment contract the salesman puts in front of them.
 
mandatorylurk said:
edit: Part of The East Wing is being torn down as Big Beautiful Ballroom gets going, and now the left is freaking out about things being torn down. Sorry fags, should have said something during the statues oh wait.
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What's the big deal? I thought they would be happy to see this reminder of slavery, as Michelle Obama said, get torn down.
 
Thomas Talus said:
My parents were born in the late 40s, and I'm fairly sure my mom learned from her dad not to trust everything you see on TV or read in the papers.
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Yeah, there being this "respected class of real journalists" is pretty much a late 19th-mid 20th century construction that was always mostly aspirational at best. Newspapers before that were essentially all openly partisan and most major markets had competing papers with different open slants. The concept of "neutral journalist" only really started with news wire services and was put dead-ass in the grave immediately post-WWII by the rise of the modern Intelligence-State. TV was basically propaganda from the word go, and anyone that thinks the media was more truthful in the 60's and 70's needs to give their head a shake. If anything we're doing better now because open bias is less insidious than pretending to be neutral while pushing an agenda.
 
"Trust me my dad works at Nintendo moment" but I spoke with my zoomer cousin who is in a private hs about cars earlier. He said the lot is mostly filled with newer used cars. Think Hondas and Toyotas with at least 30,000 miles on them. Some kids get an older truck or SUV from their family but fewer parents are buying their kids new cars and those that were had fuck you money. Said a good value buys were Jeep GCs and Mazda 5s but those prices were hovering around $20,000 for a used cars thats 1-5 years old depending on condition, mileage, etc. Most parents have accepted this and make the kid pay for insurance or part of the car payment if at all.

No ones working and paying for their car on their own, its out of the question. Nobody will pay a hs kid wages that they can afford it on their own, unless its an absolute shitbox.

All my friends out of college have purchased their vehicles cars used except one who bought a base Kia which drives like a underpowered scooter.

Edit: Paying for a new car is dumb, but they should not be pushing $50,000, for those of you looking at the dealer prices, you gotta include tax and tag, plus dealer fee of $500-$1500.
 
Samuel Fuller said:
Honda may sell a Civic for under $30k, but the dealerships don't order those ones.
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Maybe the local Honda dealership is just nice here. They have sub-30k models and when I bought my car I was given a list of cars under production and given a choice of which one to reserve for them to bring in.
 
waffle said:
Mazdas are about the only car they make that is both affordable and will last past 100k miles. I wish they still made a pickup. I really need a new one, but it's basically impossible to get a plain-Jane 4wd farm/work truck for a reasonable price. Tell people you want a single cab, long bed and they look at you like you have two heads. I guess i'll just have to buy a ten year old Silverado and fucking work on it.
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Those Mazda trucks were effectively re-badged Ford Rangers. Still good trucks, though.

LiquidKid said:
There’s been close to no real mechanical advancements since the mid-1980’s. As long as you do regular maintenance and it wasn’t a piece of shit from the factory, your car can basically alas as long as you need it to.
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Agree in principle, disagree on the timing. There have continued to be minor mechanical refinements up to and into the mid 00s. This is also about when electronic controls also peaked. The fundamental technologies that make up automotive electronics today have improved, but how they are designed, implemented, and used in modern cars has become utter anti-consumer bullshit.

Betonhaus said:
A small car should be around 20k, 30k base is insane
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How about 3-5k, like they were in the 80s? Oh, who am I kidding, those years are never coming back.
 

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Appeals court allows Trump admin to deploy National Guard to Portland​

A federal appeals court ruled to allow the Trump administration to deploy Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. The court lifted a lower court’s decision blocking President Donald Trump from sending about 200 troops to the city.

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed to lift a lower court order that had blocked Trump’s order to federalize and send National Guard service members. The White House said the troops would protect federal immigration personnel and property.

This is a developing story and more information will be added as it’s received.

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How about 3-5k, like they were in the 80s? Oh, who am I kidding, those years are never coming back.
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And over regulation killed it. Good luck genuinely building a cheap car when you're mandated to have half a data centers worth of electronics in it to monitor every fart and fume. Good luck building a cheap production line for it when every inch of ground you want to break is triple-tribal claimed and needs a six year ecological review to ensure a leak in the port a potty from the construction crew won't mildly inconvenience some invasive transplant that some yokel 50 years ago snuck into a protected list.

They couldn't build a cheap "four doors, four wheels, one engine" car even if they wanted to at this point.
 
Myrtle the Turtle said:
"Trust me my dad works at Nintendo moment" but I spoke with my zoomer cousin who is in a private hs about cars earlier. He said the lot is mostly filled with newer used cars. Think Hondas and Toyotas with at least 30,000 miles on them. Some kids get an older truck or SUV from their family but fewer parents are buying their kids new cars and those that were had fuck you money. Said a good value buys were Jeep GCs and Mazda 5s but those prices were hovering around $20,000 for a used cars thats 1-5 years old depending on condition, mileage, etc. Most parents have accepted this and make the kid pay for insurance or part of the car payment if at all.

No ones working and paying for their car on their own, its out of the question. Nobody will pay a hs kid wages that they can afford it on their own, unless its an absolute shitbox.

All my friends out of college have purchased their vehicles cars used except one who bought a base Kia which drives like a underpowered scooter.

Edit: Paying for a new car is dumb, but they should not be pushing $50,000, for those of you looking at the dealer prices, you gotta include tax and tag, plus dealer fee of $500-$1500.
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Sometimes you can find good deals on Facebook marketplace. I got my Hyundai on FB for only 1500, it's an 03 and when I bought it all it had was an exhaust leak and 110000 miles on it. The exhaust leak wasn't shit to fix.
 

9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland​

(L) PORTLAND, Ore. — A panel of judges at the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Trump administration can deploy Oregon National Guard troops to Portland.

The decision comes weeks after a hearing Thursday, Oct. 9, where the three-judge panel heard arguments from Oregon and U.S. Department of Justice attorneys. Each side had 20 minutes to make their case, not including time for judges' questions.

RELATED: Federal judge extends restraining order blocking National Guard deployments in Portland by another 2 weeks

It's the latest development in an escalating legal battle between the federal government and local leadership, centered on protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland's South Waterfront district.

The administration argued that the troops are needed to help protect the building, where for several months, a small group of demonstrators has gathered outside, leading to occasional clashes with federal agents guarding the building — but local and state officials have said the administration is grossly exaggerating the scale of the incidents.

Weeks ago, U.S. District Court Judge Karen Immergut issued a temporary restraining order blocking the use of the Oregon National Guard in Portland.

Hours later, the Trump administration attempted to skirt the judge's ruling by sending roughly 200 members of the California National Guard to Oregon instead. They made it as far as Camp Withycombe in Happy Valley.

The Trump administration also looked to deploy members of the Texas National Guard to Oregon, as well as Chicago. Immergut then issued a second, broader order blocking the deployment of any state's National Guard to Oregon.

The Trump administration quickly appealed Immergut's initial TRO up to the Ninth Circuit.

On Oct. 15, Immergut extended her initial order by an additional 14 days, just days before it was set to expire on the 18th.

During the appellate court hearing, U.S. DOJ Attorney Eric McArthur argued to a three-judge panel composed of two Trump appointees and a Clinton appointee that the court should dissolve the second TRO as well as the first if the administration's appeal was granted.

Trump previously said he'd be open to invoking the Insurrection Act, which could lead to military troops being deployed to U.S. cities.

The three judges hearing the motion were Judge Susan P. Graber, Judge Ryan D. Nelson and Judge Bridget S. Bade. Judge Graber was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997. Judges Nelson and Bade were both appointed by Trump during his first term, in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
 
400 lbs negress 1 day into the SNAP tap being shut off: "I NEED MUH MUFFUGIN FOOD STAMPS BISH, CANT YOU SEE I IZ STARVIN? HOW AM I GUNNA FEED MUH CHILDRUNS, DEY IZ EATIN DEY OWN SHOES NOW. WE AINT EVEN GOTZ NONE OF DAT CORNSTARCH LEFT TO SEAZUN DEM AIR JORDANS WIT."

Never forget that this is not new behavior either. Let the niggers be niggers still:
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