https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0xBbEFjLkHe's right on point with how cars have gotten so awful in recent time.Props to him for fixing up an old car and enjoying it, but, not everyone has the time, space, tools, skills, money, and friend network to make things easier. To make it worth it. Not everyone is a car person.Many people just see cars as a-b appliance things, and can't repair them themselves or afford to keep an old car on the road. They just want a new or newer car because for decades that provided peace of mind that the car wasn't going to be a piece of shit the breaks down. But that peace of mind feels like it's no longer there even among new cars.The problem is that as everything ages, it feels like all we will be left with is overpriced shit cars. It feels like we are going back in time to an era when cars simply didn't last all that long at all. Perhaps we already peaked in automotive quality? 1980s to 2000s, maybe early 2010s. Now, it feels all so cheap and shitty.
Great video, terrible car.
>>29034020I honestly have no idea why he's got such a hard on for Mercedes from that era. I'm sure a Lexus LS400 from the same time period would also be good.
>>29034027Typical sucker behavior who fell for ze german engineering meme. It's a neat car but I would NOT use it as an example of a rugged high value long term good
>>29034005Liberal slopagandaRetarded faggot is bitter he can't afford a nice car and decided to make a video essay on it
Over here in germoney, 190 and MK2 Golf are the oldest beaters you still see around on a somewhat regular basisHe had a point with choosing those cars, but the examples he bought were pretty fucked
>>29034097A bit off topic but how was a picture like this even made back in the day? Literally taking apart a brand new car? Lining up all the pieces perfectly? Musta taken ages.
>>29034105I assume they just grab one of each part off the assembly line and take it over to the marketing guys, and then they have an intern spend 6 hours laying everything out while they supervise
>>29034105It was unironically a different timePeople were paid to take their time and come up with neat shit>>29034111pic is from a magazine, they take a shot like this each time they finish a 100k long term test.What you're describing would take way more man hours to organize than just taking a car apart btwnice quads though
>>29034117That's cool. This one seems a little more sensible than pulling every last screw, harness, and switch in the golf though.
>>29034035Comatose conservitard goes full retard and thinks newer = more gooder Nothing you own holds a candle to older rides. Unlike OP, you guzzle down the nu-slop with a smile like the good little pig that you are. Dumb nigger.
>>29034134he is entirely right about this guy though. the state of new cars barely has anything to do with it, the blogger fag just is getting sour grapes about the faults of his car
>>29034117>quadstrips...
>>29034097That headliner is just floating there man wtf is a g-g-g-ghost holding it here?!
>>29034005>He's right on point with how cars have gotten so awful in recent time.he's definitely missing several material points about arriving where we are today, especially ones involving regulation and the government. It listens like a thinly veiled excoriation of capitalism. obviously the subject hits a nerve with lots of people if some rando with not even 100k subs can get viral enough for nearly 2 million views in under two weeks.but judging from the comments, its clear what part of the internet its kicking around and the biases it has. Its a shame too, because the problems are real, but his diagnosis is absolutely incomplete.
>>29034156i wouldn't mind a ghost wrenching buddy>hey casper use your ghostly hands and remove the top bell housing bolts thx
>>29034005>murican wants to buy zee german perfect mazine>murican does not know about zee diesel 300D>murican buys zee k-jet>zee k-jet is bad>murican wastes a lot of zee geld
>>29034238I mean the K jet is still pretty robust you just gotta know how to work on it which takes some specialised tools, a bit of know, and time. The gassers were good just not as retard proof as the diesels.
i used to be passenger in one of these for a few years, i dont get the hype.The classic hand me down shitbox for the 18 year old son after granpa died. Drives like shit and smells like shit lol
>>29034027The ls400 has a camry interior, and it’s slow as fuck>>29034034And what WOULD you say is a rugged HIGH value long tern Good?>>29034035Kek you don’t even have a car, let alone a nice one
>>29034148How is him pointing out cars being shitty NOW, and how his car is Better because it’s actually Good Quality, being sour grapes about his own old car??
>>29034445holy delusion
>>29034005Enshitification is actually a legit jewish goal. To them, everything is always too good for the goyim and must be perpetually destroyed
>>29034446ExactlyHow is him Enjoying his own car sour grapes about said car?
>>29034005>It feels like we are going back in time to an era when cars simply didn't last all that long at all. Perhaps we already peaked in automotive quality? 1980s to 2000s, maybe early 2010s. Now, it feels all so cheap and shitty.Everything is cheap and shitty and disposable in the modern day. Manufacturing companies figured out eras ago that building items to last multiple generations means less revenue from repeat customers, why would one buy another product if the one they bought is still working perfectly? This is where the term planned obsolescence came from and it applies to every single industry there is.
>>29034453*And with the average consoomer becoming more and more retarded by the day, with one of the most retarded consoomer base in history, it's a race to see who can peddle out the shittiest product without nuking the overall figure of potential buyers.
>>29034452>poorfag wrenchlet ricer cope
>>29034453It's so bad for natural resources and the environment.
>>29034464>nocar tinywrench ricelet sneed
>>29034479t; 'the planet' is a fake cause, a fairy tale for kids, they dont really care
>>29034005Why not put more effort into not looking like a fat , unkempt slob instead of wasting time on the old beater?
>>29034479That’s the point
>>29034479Who cares about the environment, just make everything not so fucking gay and lame again.
>>29034005old car good, new car bad, upvotes pls
>>29034487>Nov. 19, 2016
>>29034514No one buys Quality Goods THOUGHMostly only inferior Goods masqueraded as “normal Goods” are bought by the general population because they are cheap and readily available
>>29034486>resorting to personal attacks because he's rightHow lame are you.
>>29034518Yeah when did “ridesharing” start to become popular?They’ve pretty much replaced taxis, and a lot of the working class strictly uses “ridesharing” to get to “work” now
>>29034528>Yeah when did “ridesharing” start to become popular?19....73? the first Iranian fuel crisis?
>enshitificationreddit word. didnt read.
>>29034528>and a lot of the working class strictly uses “ridesharing” to get to “work” nowfrom my personal experience working in the hospitality industry it's because they lose their licenses for various legal reasons (dui, mostly) and cannot legally operate a motor vehicle themselves, not because it's convenient or cheap.the average joe still owns his own car.
>>29034532Why are you faggots so disingenuous?
>>29034535whats the work pussy like in the hospitality biz? is it flowing? surely it must be with hotel rooms and alcohol everywhere.
>>29034535Depends on the industry probablyI didn’t realize how many people use it to get to and from work until I had to change my coolant expansikn tank in front of a harbor freightAt closing I noticed almost none of the employees had cars and were waiting to get picked up by ridesharesDon’t know if it’s a zoomer thing or just my areaAlmost no girl has their own car in certain cities too
Whats with the reddit spacing
>>29034536i like how you had to literally tell the robot not to consider carpooling as the same thing as ridesharing because it obviously is the exact same thing. people were offering ridesharing services in the '70s too but the taxi industry lobbied against it the same way they tried to lobby against uber and lyft. the only difference between 1973 and now is A: there is a computer program that makes it easy to order and offer servicesB: The taxi lobby lost because it's harder to sue two massive billion dollar tech companies than several individuals"ridesharing" is not new and you are a fucking youngshit faggot retard who needs to shut the fuck up when the men are talking
>>29034547Why are you faggots so fucking disingenuous?
>>29034545the mistake there was assuming anyone who works at harbor freight should be legally allowed to operate a motor vehicle
>>29034548you should really probably look up what that word means before you use it again.
>>29034548>it literally says ridesharing peaked during WWI and '73 fuel crisis>carpooling = ridesharingall the apps do is organize services and payment which people already did with "GAS GRASS OR ASS" bumper stickers
>>29034551>>29034554Why are you faggots so fucking disingenuous?
>>29034528The fuck does this have to even do with the OP? Thread derailer.
>>29034556>it's different because uhhhhh...there's an app. and uhhh....the driver is a vetted contractor and not just some random guy who will cut up your body and stuff you into a 55 gallon drum next to his last victim.so it's a taxi service, and taxis has existed for hundreds, possibly thousands of years. therefore ridesharing is not new and you are a dumb faggot getting mad at decade-old wef slop that never ever happened and never will happen because it's technically infeasible and idiotic. thanks for playing.
>>29034560>is too retarded to follow a reply chainLet me spell it out for you I guessthey have made it so EVERYTHING is shitty, so you don’t want to own anything and just say “i’ll just get a faggy ‘rideshare’ to take me to “my” home that I also don’t own, so I can watch some streamed subscription bullshit and force some fuckin poison masqueraded as “food” down my fat gulletthem making cars shitty is just part of the plan
>>29034562If “ridesharing” and taxis are the same, why did the taxi industry lobby against it?Why do you save pictures of blacke lolKek fucking retard nocar thanks for playing
>>29034563literally nobody says or thinks thispeople who use uber and lyft do so because they are legally, financially, or mechanically incapable of responsibly owning a car. go on, ask them why:>my baby mama took my charger in the settlement>oh i'm on my 8th kia soul but it's in the shop right now on it's 16th engine replacement>i'm waiting on fragile plastic tubes so my bmw will run>i was arrested for dui also because i parked my car sideways in a 7-11literally nobody but the faggiest californian virtue signallers for whom driving anywhere is a deadly inconvenience use those services at will. everyone else has a good reason and outside of major metros typically uber/lyft is the only taxi service in town at all. my city does not even have buses. there is one guy who runs his own taxi service out of his own house and does all the driving and dispatching himself.
>>29034564>If “ridesharing” and taxis are the same, why did the taxi industry lobby against it?because even some rando offering cash only rides around his hometown is competition to them. that's how lobbying works you dumb fuck.
>>29034562If only your brain had artificial intelligence instead of none at all. Please hurry back to Redd*t University.
>>29034566You think no one has ever said “i’ll just get an uber/lyft?”What virtues are being signaled by “ridesharing?”
>>29034574all you have to say is "you're right, anon. what the wef claimed would happen 10 years ago never actually became true and just because things are new to me doesn't mean they haven't existed before".
>>29034573“ridesharing” isn’t cash only dumbass
>>29034579>You think no one has ever said “i’ll just get an uber/lyft?”yeah at a bar like 5 drinks in typically said before "naaaah i'm good enough to drive">What virtues are being signaled by “ridesharing?”same useless ones as buying a prius or voting blue
>>29034582nobody say it was you illiterate faggot gorilla it's the most basic form of ridesharing that could be done without an app and the taxi industry lobby successfully made it illegal many years ago which is why all taxicabs in most municipalities have some kind of local government approval like a tax disc. it specifically cuts out the little guy who could very well operate entirely by word of mouth.
>>29034580You’re wrong THOUGHThat’s why you don’t even own a car>>29034585Or just anytime someone needs to get somewhere and they don’t want to drive lolMy friend’s sister said it last night because she thought it’d be more convenient than having her brother drive herNone have us were drunkShe owns an E series coupePeople do things out of CONVENIENCE, not just to “signal virtue” whatever that means
>>29034591See >>29034564 againThis is why we need flags / cars owned this board lol
>>29034592>paying some fag to pick you up in a ratty old kia on finance is "more convenient" than driving your own mercedes (also financed)
>>29034595your first mistake was assumingyour second mistake was buying a bmw
>>29034027LS400 is 10 years newer clown
>>29034600ExactlyThats how most people thinkI told her that ridesharing shit is a waste of money and she said well then I’ll just drive my own car Her car isnt leasedShe just didn’t want to inconvenience her brother by making him drive out of the way, and didn’t simply didn’t want to drive herself>>29034609“mopar” is ebonics kek
>>29034614>most people>some vapid cali valley girl whose friends with a dickless 4chan posting bmw ownerthis woman either doesn't exist or she is the stupidest human being alive
>>29034005>old MercPiece of crap that ends up not lasting, not because it was designed to break, but because it was overengineered Should've gone with a Lada
>>29034691>"friend">she got an uber instead of riding in your raggedy ass bmwuh-huh sure pal
>>29034540>whats the work pussy like in the hospitality biz? is it flowing?as a matter of fact we have a guest in our hotel right now that keeps asking for a specific male member of our housekeeping staff to service her room. the hskp guy is a laundry attendant and doesn't actually do housekeeping unless people call out, so now the dumb nigger bitch has gotten her mexican boy toy (possibly) fired by revealing he was in her room when he shouldn't have been. and she's a bitch to everyone on staff. god i hate black people.
>>29034708conceive deez nuts
>>29034518>I know we said we were going to enslave and replace you with 3rd worlders, turn your kids gay and destroy western civilization but we decided that's debunked now so stop talking about it? >also we are the ones that *checks notes* care about relatable things the cost of living, rising prices and everything getting infinitely shitter over time now instead of insane horseshit>thats actually U [things you said about us]>please look at how all of the bad things that are a product not a product of decades neoliberalism but actually blumpfs and conservatives fault in the past 2 years>you hate jews? >well jews are white and I hate how israel oppresses poor brown people just like America did to the native hispanicx >so now that we are the cool kids and totally didnt lose the culture war, can we count on your vote?
>>29034445Why are you writing like a retard
>>29034519Being readily available is a virtue though.
>>29034020190E are definitely not bad cars.
>>29035242theyre slow and boaty and the cosworths are overrated as hell; the race cars share little in common with the street car most of the hype is from africans and eastern euros who don't know any betterhyping the e30 is fine but the w201 is kinda meh its damn near 40 years old
>>29035247no
>>29035247They’re very relaxing to drive though and they are well built. Better than an E30 as a regular commuter. Dynamically they aren’t great but I don’t think that was the brief (for the regular ones that is not the cosworth). In fairness I have never driven the cosworth. The E Class and the S Class are better still for wafting around and just being comfy in general
>>29034445his car isn't better than shit lmoa. it's just cope that it's "german" """quality""" "
>>29035415If you haven't owned a pre-communist Mercedes you can shut up noob
>>29035433>how do you know shit tastes bad if you haven't eaten it?
>>29035436You’re only doing yourself a disservice by being such a close-minded retard.
>>29035438such a shame that i'll never experience the peak of east german tractor manufacturing. i'll have to stick to cars that are enjoyable to drive
>>29035247190e are fairly reliable comfy cars anon.My only complaint with my brother's 190e was when the ABS activated; it was pretty aggressive.
I wish I would spend $20 on a pair of "Darn Tough" socks.I've been wanting to see/feel their quality for over two years, now.I don't need them.I want them.I think.I'm not sure. Because I haven't worn them. Yet.I want to be able to motivate myself to ACTUALLY BUY something.But I don't.Grr.I'm not joking, btw. I have an entire folder filled with folders filled with items I THINK I want to own... or at least try. And yes, socks is one of them.
>>29034432My father bought a brand new Nissan Maxima in 1993. Sold it to my grandmother before going overseas. We came back, I turned 15, and I purchased THAT SAME car from her.God, I loved (still love?) that car.If I did not get T-boned one night, causing that car to get its framed bent (I'm fine, btw, thx), I would very, very, very happily be driving that car today. Very happily.I did replace it, of course. And the first choice I made sucked, which I replaced the next year (2013) with a car I... well, actually, I love that car still. A lot. I'm not joking. I think I made some really, really lucky good choices.Thanks for reading my blog centered on the this thread's theme of "old = good."
>>29034882Genuinely embarrassing to read.
this shit was hard to watch. I couldn't even make it half way. It's just him schmoozing over old stuff and then milquetoast talking about enshittification. There's almost no "restoration" here.
>>29035931His Mercedes-Benz was simply an example for his concept; it wasn't a video about car restoration.
>>29035945Except the restoration was perhaps the only tolerable part. Hearing this retard babble nonsense about "the economy" while knowing nothing, in between burps was taxing.
>>29035956I'm sorry that learning different perspectives of the automotive market while browsing /o/ on 4chan wasn't more fun, for you. I hope it becomes better so you can grow more.
>>29035956It's not nonsense.
>>29035247>hyping the e30 is fine but the w201 is kinda meh its damn near 40 years oldWhat retarded fucking sentence is that? The E30 is from 1982 and the W201 is from 1983. Just fucking shut your idiot ass up if you know literally nothing.
>>29035880baby duck syndrome, almost anybody has that for his first car
>>29036090>baby duck syndrome?
>>290360491982-2026 = 44 years old1983-2026 = 43 years oldso its damn near 50 years old, again a old shitbox and you're a pedantic moron
>>29036159nta but I didnt know 43-44 years old was close to 50. is this the american education system? its closer to 45. around up in fives.
>>29036175>NO NO NO ITS ACTUALLY EVEN OLDERthis is how you sound, again the type of nerd to correct someone's grammar in a argument. nerd.
>>29036181>NO NO NO ITS ACTUALLY EVEN OLDERis this the american education system, again?How is 45 older than 50?>the type of nerd to correct someone's grammar in a argument. nerd.kek, it wasn't even grammar that was being corrected, it was numbers and age. fuck you're dumb.
>>29036285dork
>>29034005kid is just a nigger faggot making a nostalgia bait video, also wasn't the diesel, also those mercs are ridiculously hard to find parts for now
>>29036304>t elora
>>29035880What year was that taken?Nissan was a pretty ok brand back then. Not my first choice for Japanese automaker, but they had some decent cars.
>>29036304>t
>>29034117>>29034097These parts explosion pics are only good when Honda does it. Honda would try to show off the good and important stuff, engine guts, tranny, control arms, when the euros do it they just turn it into a mess kek. Dumb fucks put the back seats and AC condenser in the pic like anyone gives a shit about that stuff.
>>29036547you're not white
>20+ year old car you wrench yourself is better than the spy hugbox cuckovers of todayIsn't this the essence of /o/?why is there a thread so long for something that should be self evident for the average user?Does the average /o/ poster not work on their own cars anymore?What is going on in this thread?
