Still driving a 2007 Ford Focus with manual transmission. Gets 36mpg highway.
I am dreading the day it dies and I have to get a newer car.
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DIY (or get someone else to) EV conversions of classics need to become a bigger thing. Until then, make sure it's something you can at least pull the internet from, treat 'em like 'smart' TVs. No internet for you. Do your research people.
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It is time to overthrow the goverment ya'll
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My Subaru has none of this crap & I'm never going to get rid of it.
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I really lucked out with Rivian. So far though, Rivian and Volvo can decide to be dicks too and nothing will stop them if they do.
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We are well and truly in the era of post-giving-a-shit on the part of corporations because the no matter what they do - enough people will buy it anyway.
People in this city could travel four miles and save sixty cents a gallon on gas because of AI pricing, but all 16 pumps are still full at the price-gouging Circle K because it's right next to the freeway on-ramp.
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A subscription car is called... a bus pass. Or a rail/subway pass. A private car is private. People are being sold public transportation in smaller sizes.
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Fuck cars anyway. Even if people own their shitty mobile living room, they're still going to contribute to climate change because of parking lots and heat islands. Tire shedding is also a major source of pollution. Cars kill a human about every 30 seconds.
Own your car but still pay regularly to feed it energy, be it gas or electricity, to move a multi ton vehicle everywhere around, and still be dependent on car culture anyway.
Fuck cars.
That's his fault
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This stuff is why when I needed a replacement car, I went backwards and found a 2004 Toyota. No telemetry, no expensive fancy garbage.
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