Is it low T from all the gooning?Whats the deal
>save a couple bucks but spend an hour or so and grease up my hands>spend a couple bucks to feed a family man down the block I choose my community over my own selfish desires.
>>538687021You go fix it if it bothers you.We need to stop having this thread.
>>538687021>fixing a modern car with electronics up the wahoo requiring proprietary hardware and software to be able to modify anything>DIY and brick your caror>get someone else to do itNtma
>>538687021general ineptitude and inability to focus longer than 10 minutes on anyth
auto work is cheap and i dont have a nice garage to work in so its a huge pain to do it myself.
>>538687021>>538687021>this attention whore again You're the low t here, literally feminine behavior
>>538687409Is it the goldfish attentionspan?
>>538687021Some things require parts that are more expensive than just buying a new thing to replace it.Other times, it requires a lot of work that people feel isn't worth their time.But another thing to consider is that things can break and just don't get replaced or repaired at all.I have a DAB+ radio that blew a fuse during a brownout. I can't be bothered to replace the fuse, or replace it, since I don't listen to radio anymore anyway.It broke 5 years ago and is still sitting there looking pretty on a shelf. I can throw it out but now it's decoration.Despondence is an issue as well.
>>538687591>t.gooner
>>538687021anything fixable requires expensive tools now faggot. most parts cost the same as a replace with old or even new.
>>538687603Radio is indeed bullshit. Sometimes i turn it on in my car and its just all commercials, 1 song, more commercials, then the news, talking about we apologize for slavery, AGAIN. and back to commercials Radio is litteral aids to the brain
>>538687021Trades are going extinct
>>538687598No, its the>heres an incredibly complex machine with very specific steps and very specific torques with obscure parts that can wear out without you knowing. If you make an error it grenades the entire system forcing you to buy a new one if you'd like to driveplus >it requires hundreds to thousands of dollars in tools you may only use once or twice in your lifeand >there are no part numbers on any of it, and the names for many of the parts were assigned in the 1920salso>Even if you know what you're doing, it could take 18 hours to complete, but since you have no fucking idea and the esoteric knowledge is obscure and not straightforward geared towards novices. Why aren't you using linux on your computer? Because you don't know how and don't want to turn your $2000 pc into a paperweight?How about doing your own home renovations? How hard could adding a circuit to your breaker possibly be?
Because it's not worth my time
>>538687021The only cars you can adequately fix yourself, is old junk only driven by poors. So what you are really asking is: "why aren't you poor like me?"
>>538688056Electronics are easy. Building is too expensive. Tools are very cheap.You litterally made zero points
>>538687116Singapore has always been based
>>538687021not worth fixing lots of the timeunless you mean "why isn't anymore maintaining their shit" which I don't know
>>538688213You think new cars have special new tech that is totally different from older shit? Its got the same basic components. You’re lazy, and this bullshit you’re spewing is your excuse, which is fine. Good bump
maybe because I can't afford anything to buy in the first place
>>538688460This. . . one must 1st have a thing worth repairing
>>538687021I'm not gonna do stuff if there's no fun involved. Then it's just more work. I don't have a choice but to slave to the green line but I'm not also gonna slave to my ego. Plenty of stuff I can fix. Plenty of stuff I don't need to know cus there's always someone better at it than me. Self reliance is one thing but you can't ignore the web you exist in either. No one has time to forage and smelt rocks all day.
>>538687021Oh I see you're doing an exhaust gas gasket service, well done. I just got a back yard buddy lift, 7000 lbs.
>>538688842Thats alot of lbs. Is that alot?
>>538687021You’re fixing this piece of shit car for over a year now and still brag about it on /pol/.
>>538687598Inside of that head is clean.
>>538689122Before pic
>>538688056>Why aren't you using linux on your computer? Because you don't know how and don't want to turn your $2000 pc into a paperweight?Holy cope.>t. taught my mom and grandma how to open chrome on ubuntu LinuxAll you need to do is just fucking use it. Its not rocket science.
>>538687021>flagyou ride bicycles so you shouldn't be complaining.but here the US of A, I haven't seen an old clunker for ages. Everyone seems to be driving newer cars, even fucking Somalis in MN as could be seen in the videos during the ICE drama in Minneapolis. Poor people take 8 year car loans and buy $60k cars like it is nothing.
>>538689368Linux Mint is as easy as going from Windows 10 to Windows 11.A nigger can do it, so a normie should have no problems.
>>538689368>All you need to do is just fucking use it. Its not rocket science.Why on earth would you use linux just to use a browser? >even they can click the mouse after I set it all up for them!Have them install linux and get it working. No help from you. Theres your answer why the [current generation] isn't fixing things.
>>538687021I do I changed my car battery last year. This year I discovered that the local squirrel found the battery attractive and keep crawling inside and eating their walnuts there.
>>538690111Based
>>538687021damn man, it's been months.That shit aint running yet?
>>538689605You have such a myopic view of others that it's laughable. The browser is all the average person is using their PC for. They save largely to the desktop or a folder on it, open all applications in a web based form, and primarily still use computing for some flavor of IM. Not to stroke your ego any further, but normies aren't super genius hackermen like you; they're just chatting with other normies and shopping. I'm sorry it doesn't allow you maintain a veneer of elitism, but 2026 is the year of grandma getting Mint and never calling me for IT issues again>t. Small business owner in the field, having success in switching elderly clients off windows
I've actually built my life on extreme self sufficiency and personal isolation.
>>538690851Carry on
Please tell me how much you are paying a financial advisor to manage your retirement for you. Spoiler: youre paying thousands every year for someone to click a button.Maybe stop fixing your car and learn how to invest.
>>538687397 >>538687598 >>538688056 This. I tried lots of DIY projects during my life. If you aren't 100% sure about what you are doing, chances are high that you'll completely break a machine or part (which often actually did work beforehand, just with minor problems) and it becomes unsalvageable. Then you are stuck with a useless object, that would still be at least somewhat functional, if you didn't destroy it. >>538688264 >Tools are very cheap Are you drunk? You never looked at specialized tools for cars - there are a lot of them and some are not only impossibly big, heavy or expensive but often you only use them once or twice in your life.
>>538687021its borring and everyone with 2 braincells can do it with a youtube tutorial these days.
>>538687021>just build your own car and refine your own gasoline
>>538691567I will
>>538690590Once again: THEY are not setting up the Linux, YOU are. The thread is about self sufficiency and why nobody does self repairs.
>>538687021Time and Energy Vampires don't leave us with much to work with.
>>538692167Hows virginia? I feel like you’re from there
>>538687021Nothing that made me because my car is a 2023 camry TRD i would have to buy thousands of dollars in tools just to read the codes It gives out everything's electrical At this pointUsed to be just three things you needed fuel air spark and if any one of those were missing that was the problemNow everything's ran by computers
>>538687021Anon are you even fixing this car? You have been making this thread for like 6 months and your beater is always in the same shape.
>>538692543Scanners are cheap these days my friend
>>538692624One day i will finish it. I picture myself driving in argentine in 1946, chilling with me kameraden
>>538688213>the slave flexes his fake money and total dependence on the system that enslaves himkek, many such cases from these fucking retards
>>538692737a basic $20 code reader will only show generic check engine issues you will need a more capable tool to access ABS, SRS, or transmission codes
>>538693052And that's when you start to get into the hundreds of dollars for code readers
>>538687021>I'm a real man because I have a shitty car that constantly breaks
>>538693171This is honestly how they view it. Rather just have new and not have it break. Fuck being stuck on the side of the road.
>>538691365>there are a lot of them and some are not only impossibly big, heavy or expensive but often you only use them once or twice in your life.Friendly reminder that Donald Trump's tax changes made it impossible for blue collar workers to deduct tool purchases from their taxes.
>>538693279>Rather just have new and not have it break.Good goy. Consoom. CONSOOM!!!
>>538687116Interesting and based take anon. While I personally like working on my sports car, for my family hauler it goes to the mechanic. And I think you’re onto something that relates directly to the efficacy of the small business in modern capitalism: if we want to keep money in our communities, if we want our businesses to do well, we have to have people coming to them; and that means we each have the responsibility of using the small businesses around us, even if we could maybe get a better deal some other way. If we really thought about the direction the margin goes… who gets that profit… most people would say they’d rather their neighbour got it than some multinational conglomerate or a Chinese drop shipping outfit or Walmart. But in reality what most people actually do is just take the cheapest option they can. Race to the bottom.
>>538687021>his warranty doesn't cover everything as long as he services it at the dealership Sad!
>>538687603Time was we had local electronics shoppes. There’s still one near me and people leave their old broken but maybe fixable stuff out front for him every day… a lot of it just gets recycled but he fixes the good stuff so if you wanted a CRT or a shiny metal toaster he’s got you covered. Every town needs such a man but we don’t train them any more.
This thread was moved to >>>/bant/24642040
