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Conservative Owns the Libs by Paying $4,000 a Month for His Ford F-350 (thehardtimes.net)

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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, I'm a computer guy and some of the computers I use daily I wouldn't tell other people to use, I just use them because I know what's broken and what incantations to get it working well enough and its dirt cheap to keep using a half broken and dying machine. I assume many mechanics cars are similar

[–] rab@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Well, like consumer electronics, vehicles are not made to be serviced or repaired, and in the car world it's the exact same

Example, replacing the blower motor on a 2006 Sierra is a 1 hour job vs 15 hours on a 2015 and it's all intentionally difficult like this to charge insane rates for labour