Brb getting the holy water

Austin, always had a soft spot for them & my grandmother learnt to drive in one.

Oysters are wonderful tho, need some pepper and vinegar to make em shine though.

It was actually the religious nutjobs but go off.

Lazy mf

You’re totally missing my gripe, I have nothing against EVs but rather modern cars in general due to their nigh universal unrepairability. & a control units cost compared to the new purchase price isnt the problem, its when a car is 3-5 years old & something breaks. And it isnt just the control units price either, you basically always need to have it coded at a dealership, replace any parts its been coded to.

Suspension parts are absolutely not common to most manufacturers either you’ll get common parts between the various automotive groups but thats about it. You do get standardised sizes on the springs but the suspension links, arms, wheel mounts etc are all proprietary.

In wet climates thin sheet metal fairs quite poorly which is what most of these cheaper vehicles are made from & BYD in particular really isnt great in this regard. Chery, Jaecoo etc tend to have better build quality in this area though.

And repair costs on older ICE (and the limited number of EVs from 15-20 years ago) for virtually all parts is cheaper in large part due to labour but even the actual components arent that bad in comparison to modern vehicles.

A new vehicle im actually excided for due to all my gripes is the slate truck for hopefully obvious reasons.

Chinese EV parts in Europe at least have massive shortages & replacing a VCU gets expensive quite fast and will wind up getting many cars scrapped due to the costs.

Usually completely unrepairable though with proprietary software and firmware along with God awful parts supply. Modern vehicles both ICE & EV are absolute turds.

If it doesn’t come drenched in vinegar & mushy peas on the side im not touching it.

fish & fries

What bastardised version of Fish & Chips is that supposed to be.

I’m a Brit rather than a Aussie but im in that age range and use virtually entirely cash, easier for budgeting, better for privacy concerns & IMO its a element of use it or lose it. I have no doubt that various groups in various governments would like nothing better than to get rid of cash for surveillance reasons.

No it isnt, its about the production precursors being literal poison for anything they get into with no chance of breaking down. Its a unusually harmful and persistive compound.

Lol ok powermod. PTB. Doubly so for banning over a comment on a totally seperate instance & community.