• krolden@lemmy.ml
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      Really considering taking out a loan just to fix an old car instead of buying new.

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      I’ve been having dreams lately where I’m driving around in my old 1987 thunderbird that I got in 2003 when I was in high school. It wasn’t a great car and I was hoping my next vehicle could be electric, but maybe that’s a sign I need to be going backwards.

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      I’ve got a 2007 Kia that I’m planning to drive until I can’t fix it anymore

      So far that’s proving to be a pretty easy given the cost and availability of parts

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      What’s the difference between never connecting your phone to a brand new high tech car and having no tech in an older car?

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        New car is still connected and is monitoring your driving habits, whether you wear a seatbelt or not, possibly recording your conversations, and even keeping track of your weight with the sensors in the seats.

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          And monitoring your location, don’t forget about that. You can tell a lot about a person just by seeing where they go every day.

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        In my region, where public transport doesn’t exist much at all, if you don’t drive, you might not eat or work (the lucky few work remotely, but not all).

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          i’m sorry but are you commenting this for any reason other than to make yourself feel better about owning a car? i see people doing this all the time and i don’t get what other reason there would be to bring it up as the immediate response to comments about going car-free

          yes, obviously you can’t live without a car if you need the car to live! but millions and millions of people would actively enjoy life more without a car.