• melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    BMW just went from “cars for the rich” to “cars for the rich white trash”.

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      This will just be ‘poor’ people BMWs. The 200k M whatever will likely be free of this.

      It’s just a last ditch effort to mine what little is left in the middle of the glorious k shaped economy.

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    Remember when reputable brand names cared about hurting their name and image by not doing certain things so they could be held to a higher standard leaving your expectations high that you will get a higher end product?

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    I haven’t had a car that has tried this with me, but it will result in an instant selling of the vehicle or replacement of the infotainment system.

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      Good luck on the latter. Nowadays the can bus is wired straight to the infotainment system and there is no more simple square din for a drop in head unit.

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        Even back in the day there was stuff like this going on. I had a 1986 Pontiac 6000. I replaced the head unit with a cd player and the cruise control stopped working. The cruise control wires went through the head unit.

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    To the extent I am forced to have a car, I am committed to avoiding anything later than 2014.

    Pre-Harambe cars only.

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      They can have my 9th gen Si when they pry the steering wheel from my cold, dead hands.

      I’m almost at 200k miles. That’s a teenager in Honda years.

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          splits in half from rust

          Well, at least the engine’s running.

          I do get the blessing of going through ball joints and bushings like candy tho, so, tit for tat. I did recently also have to do the AC unit. I do all the work myself that I can. The AC unit was more fun than hard, had to borrow a buddy’s vaccum pump tho. The suspension can be… trying at times.

  • Eternal192@anarchist.nexus
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    Jfc as we didn’t have enough to think about when buying a new or used car when did you put new tires on it, check if there are any leaks, check the paint oh does it display fucking ads while driving.