• KellysNokia@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Toyota

    They’re boring, they’re behind in tech, they aren’t cool, they’re more expensive to buy

    But seriously, if you want to just follow the maintenance schedule and get to where you need to go with minimal doubt - there’s nothing quite like them

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      Agreed. Bought a used toyota yaris back in 2018. Still runs perfect, and even if something would go wrong. It’s cheap so I’m not worried. Good speakers, mpg is decent enough and road tax is like £35 per year. Doesn’t make me look super cool, but I’d rather be financially sound.

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      I can’t trust a car no matter how Japanese it is, but… I watched a lil docuseries on dangerous roads, and it seemed like at least 80% of the vehicles (outside of heavy trucks) were Toyota. I dunno if it’s because they’re the most reliable, or because Toyota just has the market in many of these developing countries, but it was interesting.

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      does that really count as a car problem, to me a car problem is when ur care breaks randomly, crashing feels like something else, something in a different category.

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    It’s funny to think of life as a board game or a role playing game being played on the “astral plane” or whatever by our “higher selves.” Car problems etc are just really unfortunate dice rolls.

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      I learned how to repair my own vehicles after I was quoted $2,600 to install a $40 part. I could’ve also had an entire rebuilt engine shipped and swapped it in myself for about half that, but I ultimately decided to go with the $40 + basic tools.

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    Facts, my car, despite having the same issues it had when I bought it, will not pass emissions despite passing with flying colors two years ago when I bought it. Of course this is right as my state is cracking down on out of date registrations, and apparently I need to spend over $1k before I’m eligible for a temp emissions waiver. Tough when I spent $2k total on the car, lmao.

    I’m barely clawed out of credit card debt and here comes this stupid bomb. Damn you, Toyota, for fucking up the 1zz engine to where it develops oil burning issues that require work that’s approaching a rebuild to fix, especially since the car drives perfectly fine so long as it’s topped off.

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    2 months ago

    There’s always something.

    There’s only been one time in my life where everything was going so good. That was a good month.

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    Oh, totally this; but not just car stuff, it can be home stuff too. Just got slapped with a fat HVAC refrigerant refill. I had no idea this shit was so expensive. Over $2k for a recharge.

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    If wasn’t Juscelino Kubitschek and the auto industry lobby, Brazil would be walkable and full of choo choos right now. I hate Kubitschek!