All American car brands suck
Does that still make me a boomer?
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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No, it makes you correct
1989 Dodge Caravan came in stick with a turbo. Thing was awesome, soccer mom's tossing kids out doing 0-60 in 8 seconds.
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Lamborghini stands for Looks Alright Mostly But Overall Really Grandiose (and) Hardly Inconspicuous Now Innit
My inner voice naturally ended this with a British accent and it caught me off guard
Your innit voice.
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Why do Skodas have a heated rear windscreeen? To keep your hands warm while you push it.
(I've owned a few Skodas, they've all been good cars)
Lol that was lada where I'm from
What do you call a lada with two exhaust pipes? A wheelbarrow
What do you call a lada with a sunroof? A rubbish bin / trash can
What's the difference between a lada
There's a raffle at the bar. First prize, a lada. Second prize, two ladas.
How do you double the value of a lada? Fill it up.
You forgot one:
Guy goes to his Lada dealer and says “I want a gas cap for my Lada”. Dealer replies “…that seems like a fair trade.”
A man takes his Lada back to the dealership and says, "This car is useless! It'll only get to 80 up that hill."
"Well that's not bad," says the salesman.
"But," replies the man, "I live at number 93!"
From what I have seen they are pretty good these days. I'm the 80s and 90s though....
Forming an uneducated opinion on something based on an anecdotal experience, and then refusing to back down from it no matter how much time has passed or new informationtion is provided, is a boomer way of life.
Fundamentalist mindset. It will make more sense when you realise that.
You can tell a fundamentalist mindset when they start with the conclusions and the backwards logic doesn’t make sense
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At least boat owners are unified: Bring Out Another Thousand (bucks)
A boat is a hole in the water into which you throw money.
Can confirm: $1000USD is an ISO standard boat unit. "How much will that cost?" "Only about 20 boat units."
Source: own and live on a sailboat.
My boss calls Ford: Found on roadside dead
Fix or repair daily
Ya know why Ford started using aluminum istead of steel? So you could push it home when it breaks down
Backwards: Driver Returns On Foot.
That was always one of my dads favorites.
mine was always, Ford: At least they circled the problem.
Fuckin Only Runs Downhill
Fucked On Race Day
FIAT. Fix it again Tony.
Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge
either lemmy users are overwhelmingly born in the 50s or this thread proves that it's more than a boomer thing
Yeah, I see nothing but tesla disses on Lemmy.
I recently saw a thread about a cybertruck getting stuck in the snow. Having lived in places that snow a fair bit, it's completely reasonable that the truck was having issues. By the comments you would think it was only a light dusting.
Well.
I own a 1999 Silverado. It has a manual transfer case, no traction control, no stability control, no terrain modes, and no trick electronic differentials. Its ECU probably has less computing power than your wristwatch. I have never gotten it stuck in the snow, not once in over two decades, even when the stuff was deep enough to be up to the axles.
I'm also certain the factory tires on a Cybertruck are not up to spec for mud and snow. They're probably low rolling resistance jobbies in an attempt to make the range less abysmal. That does not equate to soft surface traction.
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Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious.
I won't diss other car brands, but Toyota is the the only brand I'll spend money on...after a bajillion years of them being at the top of the dependability list, why would you choose anything else?
I have about eleven cars registered in my name right now. Have probably owned about thirty. My Corolla doesn't even rank in my top ten favorite I've ever owned but God damn I'd never recommend anything but a Toyota to anyone. I think everyone who says Toyota is overrated either A) have never serviced a car in the first place or B) have never serviced a Toyota.
Whilst they have been fantastic in years past, I'm worried about their future. Short version is, they use a lot of plastic now. source, I've been a mechanic for 19 years and currently work at a Toyota specialty shop. But still they're probably going to be better than most others. Honda was good too though. I'm not sure about now, but my daily is a 97 accord with 265k miles. Amazing car.
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Do you mean the Toyota with the airbag issues in the 90s, or their EV last year where the wheels would FALL OFF while driving? Toyota is a shell of what made it great, and the whole greenwashing of their hybrids (eg, their self-charging EVs bullshit) should make you think of other choices.
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I've heard GMC as God's Mechanical Crisis.
My mom shared with me “GMC: Grande, malo, y caro”
“Big, bad (read: poorly made), and expensive.”
My Chevy is like a rock, I have to farm around it
Me and a friend used to make up insulting rhymes about car brands we saw from the school yard.
I only remember one, this was a long time ago...
This was in Swedish, so I will do my best to translate, but don't expect miracles:
Renault är en bil för två - en sitter i, en skjuter på. | Renault is a car for two - one sits inside, the other pushes.
As for my car preferences, so far I have only had one, I got my license late 2022 at 35, and bought my 2021 Seat Leon PHEV used last summer.
I really like it, sure it isn't the world most luxurious car, and the touch UI is annoying as hell, but it is comfortable, quick enough and as long as you use the PHEV mode it doesn't need a lot of fuel.
I almost got a Mazda 3, but if I remember correctly, there wasn't any within my budget.
Renault had an old tagline - "nothing stops a Renault". A common joke was to add "not even its brakes".
Renault is "the car with vulva" in Czech.
I read that most people around the world won't understand that because the lozenge/diamond shape as a symbol for that is somewhat unique to central Europe.
Was a diesel mechanic for a summer, the power stroke is a good motor and I like the f series more than other pickups but they came in the most often for maintenance, take that how you will. Cummins didn't break much so it was rare to see them but it was damn near a pleasure to work on them, the old diesel rams give you so much room to work with and don't put stupid shit in the way. If every single GM executive goes to hell exclusively for the Duramax I wouldn't consider that unjust.
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But that line about fiat is true.
I don't know man, I had a 2010 Punto Evo that just refused to die.
Sure, I had to replace the clutch at 120,000km as the previous owner probably drove in a lot of stop and go traffic. But other than that it was my own stupidity or regular wear and tear that made it go to the mechanic for some work.
It even started overheating because of a coolant leak one time. I just drove it gently to the shop and got it fixed. No tow truck necessary, as the 77hp 1.4 liter engine barely generated any heat to begin with.
I sold it at 230,000km a few months ago.
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