[marcusmaximus]

Winning!

[Paladin2]

Doesn’t Russia supply much of the Precious Metals used in vehicular catalytic converters around the world?

If so, new vehicles worldwide could not be able to meet current and future emissions standards.

[Pollard]

Your partner in Ukraine already posted this; https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4074014/posts

[Da Coyote]

To be followed shortly by the U.S. (leader in the “Future Third World Country) contest.

[PGR88]

Meanwhile, Fed.gov will force Americans to buy $60K electric vehicles.

I’d rather have the $12K car. Without all the government mandates on it, I bet it will last 400K miles also.

[rlmorel]

"...The buzz about AvtoVAZ's Lada Granta Classic -- priced to sell at 678,300 rubles ($12,500) -- is about what it doesn't have: No airbags. No antilock brakes. No electronic stability system. No pretensioners to make the seat belts work properly. No GPS. An engine that complies with emissions standards from 26 years ago..."

Hm. Why can't I buy a car like that?

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Not according to my daughter’s friends who live there%

I think this is more propaganda

[dennisw]

Dead within 8 months. God willing, of course.

[hardspunned]

Is that kind of like the DC induced Outer Limits we’ve been dealing with here the last two years. The average Russian won’t run out of gas or food this year. In our own little Twilight Zone, who knows?