• Em Adespoton
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      45 days ago

      If you need parts, you go to a junk yard and get parts. No importing needed.

      Assuming you drive something like an old civic or tercel.

      • @[email protected]
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        85 days ago

        Junk yards only carry parts for so long. They generally crush and recycle stuff after a certain time. Sure there are still some backwoods places that still have a decent collection, But the vast majority of yards don’t have that 2003 pilot gt anymore.

        • @[email protected]
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          44 days ago

          Old cars are built in a way we can fabricate parts to fix them as well. No reliance on china parts to get an entire vehicle running (MAF sensor that only is made in a factory in some obscure country)

      • @[email protected]
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        75 days ago

        If you are really good at what you do you could avoid a lot of the mess by driving a classic. (Scouring junkyards)

        The real challenge though isn’t just that the parts will have tariffs; It seems like auto parts in general have taken a massive hit in quality

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        35 days ago

        Yep “a parts”, you don’t like it take it up with apples keyboard I’m done fixing it’s “corrections”. No one’s fighting you on new car prices, but just don’t pretend gonna get away without paying the tariffs keeping your classic running.

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            5 days ago

            And you get to look at the Gulf of America on your equally shit device.

            Edit: Apple really can go fuck its modern keyboard and corrections.

            “Hey, something shitty is going on.”

            omw On my way!”

            The hubris is gross, from both major systems.

            • @[email protected]
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              25 days ago

              I just opened up CoMaps because I never actually checked before, and it is in fact the Gulf of Mexico, while google and apple both have “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”. I’m also learning that CoMaps is on the app store, so I guess my takeaway is you should try not to use the default apps on your device.