>tfw you'll be driving shitboxes for the rest of your life
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>>27634917yeah im ok with this.
>>27634917yes and?
>>27634917New cars come with tampon dispensers and nail clippers.
>>27634917After reading about the massive datacollection and complete disregard for privacy of new cars( https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/cars/ ) I never want to be near a new vehicle again. Maybe if I can somehow physically disable it's ability to communicate.
>>27634917Instead of buying new cars, I would rather afford a house.So my goal is to become a shitbox enthusiast just like the restaurant Youtubers who review fast food places only.
>>27634917I sure as fuck hope so. had to put on the summer tires on my sister's cuckover, what an absolute pain in the asshole. wheels weigh like 25 kg each for no reason and there's no way to keep it on the hub without killing your back. did the same job on my shitbox immediately afterwards and it was all so easy. lubed that fucker up with fluid film so it will last another decade at least. fuck modern cars.
>>27634917i love my little shitbox fitit has more cargo space that modern trucksim not afraid to crash iti pay virtually nothing for insurancei change the oil every 7000km in my building's parking garagei fart in the gas tank and it take me another 400km
>>27635218why the fuck do cars even need an internet connectioni run nav on my phone and remote start it from the fobi fucking hate modern cars
>>27634917Yeah but I'll own a house.
>>27637110>>im not afraid to crash itt. wolverine
>>27634917just traded in my base model civic that I've had from new for eight years as part of buying a brand new honda pilot, tonight is my last night with itI didn't think I would feel this bad about it, it's like I'm selling an old friendwhen I got home it struck me that I'll never park it in my driveway again, nearly choked up
>>27637112Great question! They don't of course. This far it has only been used to lock away functionality behind a paywall after buying it, and to spy on users to sell their data. The user themselves doesen't benefit at all
I can't afford a new car. I can afford the payments. Everyone has payments right? I drive a 2005 car with $20 a month insurance.
>>276349172 paid off shitboxes and a paid off shitbikeand a housesaul good man
Didn't want to create another thread. These days I'll pay for a shitbox. I had some pretty good offers from Kia for a Sportage for 27k, Suzuki S-Cross Spirit spec for 26k (the Strong hybrid one) and 24k (for the mild one) and a Skoda Octavia for 24k. Can't wait for my new shitbox but it'll probably be the Suzuki.
>>27637862If you spend $27k it's not a shit box. Just a poor financial decision
>>27637910it's a new car, what do you expect? prices skyrocketed. what do you mean by shitbox? Used cars? Not all used cars are shitboxes.
>>27637943a shitbox is about 15-20 years old or older, has at least 200k miles, burns oil, is falling apart and you keep it together with junk yard parts. it's a clapped out rolling dumpster, often rusted out, with a new to you pair of used tires in the front or back only but never both. you give it just enough maintenance and two quarts of oil every refuel so that it gets you to and from the wage cage. if you're lucky, the fan motor still works on more than one speed and one of the window regulators still rolls up and down. at freeway speeds, all the glass whistles and when it rains the headliner and carpet gets wet. you've got an fm-bluetooth transmitter hooked up with the remaining working speaker blown out and hardly audible. the high beams are the only choice at night as the lens covers resemble yellow chalk. you spend your saturdays scouring junkyards. on sunday you're in the driveway on your back as chunks of oil and road grime fall into your eyes and mouth while installing a slightly less broken part than the one it replaces. as rough as this all sounds, it's still better than taking the bus. you own this piece of rolling shit and no one wants to take it from you.
>>27639934this post for whatever reason made me blush. I love it
>>27639934this is chill and i respect itbut i just went and copped a base jetta and my payment is 400/month and i dont worry about this shit i have a job i need to get to every fuckin day cant afford to be worrying about my car - it's more money a month but less big repair costs and my car is a 2023 so its not an eyesorethat being said no hate whatsoever, its just not for me, but i got tired of my shitbox breaking down all the time it was stressful af
>>27637112Cool it with the antisemetic remarks.
>>27641608lol'd out loud
