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Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago

Please free them Mr. Trump. The Chinese people yearn for overpriced dog shit build quality.

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Please free them Mr. Trump. The Chinese people yearn for overpriced dog shit build quality.

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Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago
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  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Having zero mass transit options I am sure China will start reeling from the effects

    aide whispers in my ear

    Oh, oh no

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      “Sir, a second bus just pulled up to the bus stop.”

  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    VW, Tesla and Buicks are more popular in China than Fords. lol, and now they’re paying more for them anyway. And Musk would never stop stelling China since he sells so many there. Domestic brands will be dominating without any foreign brands in the top 10 before the end of the decade. There’s also the fact that they have useable public transport.

    Edit, lol, lmao:

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Holy shit, Buick still exists? And most of their models are only sold in China?

      • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        There was a new ad campaign from Buick a few years ago that was centered around how no one thought they were still around or made remotely modern cars

        It sure as hell didn’t get me to buy one but it was mildly amusing

      • 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        A tepid shell of a husk of a PTSD memory of Buick still exists. There was a point where GM stumbled ass-backwards into making some honestly pretty reliable cars that were dirt cheap to maintain, but those days are looooong gone.

      • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Holy shit, Buick still exists? And most of their models are only sold in China?

        Yes lmao, look at the wiki page

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        I read that Buick is marketed/built as a luxury brand in China. But that might be 10 years out of date.

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    China: Oh no. Anyway…

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Found On Road Dead

    • 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      Fix or Repair Daily

      and/or

      Fucked Over Rebuilt Dodge

    • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
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      With Ford, at least they circle the problem

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      Fix It Again Tony.

  • rootsbreadandmakka [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    my people yearn for oversized murder machines

  • Lussy [he/him, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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    American cars being shit and overpriced is overstated.

    Japenese manufacturers have been skimming profit margins for years by patching up interiors with duct tape and glue.

    German manufacturers literally perfected the concept of overpriced garbage by tying the entire car up with electrical components so that one piece of copper wiring going bad means your entire car needs to go the dumpster

    Koreans have gone off the deepend charging 50k+ for a hyundai.

    Otoh, a lot of Jeeps with that pentastar engine are virtually indestructible outside of internet memes, as are Chrysler minivans or even buicks.

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      Nah, it’s not overstated. Despite your other points, American cars are still the worst among them

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      My Chrysler minivan was completely rusted out and still ran, it was undefeatable. Then I actually dropped a thousand on new tires and suddenly it wouldn’t run any more.

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        Then I actually dropped a thousand on new tires

        You interfered with the true essence of a cockroach

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      deleted by creator

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    Alt history where workers rioted and took over all Ford Motor Co factories. Management and executives were put on trial. Henry Ford was executed and his wealth seized. The name of the company was changed to Revolution Motor Co. After the American Communist Revolution in the 1960s, the company was nationalized and began phasing out personal automobiles. It would go on to produce primarily mass transit vehicles and bicycles for the American public. In the late 1970s, the US would enter a cooperative effort with Chinese communists to provide mass transport to nations recovering from imperial control. They would call it the New Silk Road Initiative.

    Just Man in the Highcastleing myself out of sheer cope.

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      Revolution Motor Co

      They then made massive strides in rotary engines (Yes I love the RX-7 why do you ask?)

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        Personal automobiles were phased out in this reality. Rotary busses and trains?

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          I mean if we’re still gonna have combustion engines might as well have fun with them.

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    those two f150s per year will help fill the 500,000 lost byd sales fr

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