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Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor (www.404media.co)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de
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"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."

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[–] 40 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I love my 2001 tractor. No computer, no bullshit, just a diesel engine, transmission and a hydraulic pump.

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    I'm not a farmer, but I keep my old car in good condition for the exact same reason.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    If I could buy a brand new 1994 Toyota Camry, I would be sooooo happy.

    If it still had a base MSRP of US$16428 or full-tits MSRP of US$23978...even better.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    We had an excellently maintained late datsun z. Of course my idiot brother burns out the transmission doing idiot things in the late 90s and that totals her. Our mechanic bought it from us and i still see her around town.

    I should've just learned how to fix the damn thing myself, but they do have some nice safety features (like the "hey, someone is in your blind spot, dipshit" light so i can tell at a glance they're in my blind spot instead of having to turn and stare them down). i really need to finish learning how to weld and solder and i bet i could just build that damn car out of a kit.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Heh when I was a teenager my dad bought a Datsun 260Z as a project car. It was a rusted out shell of a chassis/squirrel den and drivetrain when we got it.

    I remember taking turns trying to unstick the crankshaft, by hand with a bigass breaker-bar with the head loaded up with MMO. And the feeling of success when red goo shot out the cylinders like a satanic bukkake scene when we finally got it unstuck.

    We ended up getting it road-worthy, though I don't think he ever let me drive it. I was too tall to really drive it comfortably anyway, especially once he put the RSX seats in. Still, I learned a lot about cars and French while we worked on it.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    Because it's your dad I'm assuming French language and not French kissing because ew.

    Also i am a few frescas decades deep but I think ours was a 280z. Think. It was the car dad wanted to use to pick up chicks but only the coquerelles were interested

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