Posted on 06/11/2022 8:21:44 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
Eldar Gadzhiev’s heart sank when he heard the sputtering from the engine of his Skoda one day in April. Gadzhiev, who owns a fleet of four cars that he leases as taxicabs in Moscow, knew it was a terrible and expensive time for a breakdown.
Prices for spare parts, if you even could find them, had spiralled out of control since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine two months earlier. “I understood that I was in a bad situation,” he said. “I thought: the repairs are going to cost as much as the car.”
Dealerships were useless, he said. His car parts shop told him that the waiting list was months long, time he could not wait to repair his vehicle.
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You feel good about this? I wonder how good you will feel when this happens in the USA?
Count Vlad strikes again.
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“You feel good about this?”
Damn right.
One of the biggest problems we face is fundamental. A lot of us just don’t know right from wrong.
First off. I don’t “feel good” about this. Russians and Ukrainians are practically countrymen. And if you think we’re insulated from this you’re kidding yourself.
I suppose your contempt for Eldar is not personal but instead based on the fact that he is a Russian. Putin is a bad man. Putin is Russian. Therefore all Russians are bad.
But I wonder how good you will feel when the same problem happens to you!
Do you not think our current supply shortages here in the US are not deliberate and intentional? Do you not see the direction the government is taking towards green energy? Do you not see a time when the US will begin sanctions against your car?
“I’m sorry Mr. Speedy, but we cannot get parts for your ICE car. But in the meantime why don’t you consider buying this EV?”
“...the repairs are going to cost as much as the car.”
In the US this is not so unusual. It has been noted that too many car repair garages have been pricing things based upon parts availability. If they don’t have it, especially due to shortages and they can’t confirm they will soon, then they price it at a level that indicates the car is worth less to the insurance company and they will not total it after an accident so they can claim policy payments while the car sits, sometimes for months.
And since the garages buy from certain buying locations, it is sometimes less expensive and more time consistent for the car owner to find the part themselves and have a friend put it on the car...if you can find the part and have a friend. Otherwise, you are stuck on the bus which the government wanted you on to begin with. Lotta issues here all in favor of the government and the auto insurance industry.
wy69
Putin and his troll army will be along shortly to deny all of this, denounce it as propaganda, ask you a bunch of questions in a feeble attempt to change the subject, or maybe they’ll just resort to their usual tactics of callling you names and issuing impotent threats.
It’s actually kind of fun wondering what the tools will do first.
FAKE NEWS, as usual from you guys
https://www.autoblog.com/2022/06/10/russia-lada-granta-begins-production-ukraine-war/
Or maybe there’ll be justifiable confusion as to why Speedy is delighting in pain being visited upon normal Russian citizens who have nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine.
After all, he calls it a “feel good story.” In response to being asked if he truly felt good about this, his reply in post #4 is a vigorous “damn straight.”
Quite frankly, that’s a downright heartless sentiment to have.
It would be equivalent to a story about Americans struggling with making ends meet due to high prices caused by Joe Biden’s policies...and then having someone rejoice in the suffering of Americans because they have an axe to grind against Biden.
Sure. Old news. Had to buy a transmission belt for Yamaha VX Warrior, which used to be R15,000 last year. It has temporarily skyrocketed to R70,000 in March, but finally ordered it for R19,000 two weeks ago. It is going to be under R15,000 by August based on exchange rate.
A bit more:
“There’s no traction control, no passenger-side airbag, or air conditioning, or remote keyless entry.”
The car I drove until a few years ago had ZERO airbags, no air conditioning either, and certainly no remote keyless entry or traction control.
“Buyers do get body-colored exterior trim, power steering, and power-operated front windows as a consolation prize.”
Wow, my car didn’t have any if that!
Oh, did I mention, the price is $13,200. Seems like a car like that would sell well these days...too bad we don’t permit cars like this to be sold in the US - instead our average price of a new car is $42,800, I guess for all the bells and whistles that the Russians don’t get.
Do you know what the gasoline and diesel price is in Russia?
I don’t pay attention to diesel but gas is 44-46 per liter, less than a year ago.
In fact Granta is rather expensive in USD right now. Top trip used to be $9k when ruble was weaker a year ago.
“I don’t pay attention to diesel but gas is 44-46 per liter, less than a year ago.”
Thanks - about $3.70 per gallon. I live in Texas, with about the lowest prices in the US, and therefore the West...yet one has to look very hard to find it for less than $4.50 a gallon, and it’s now over $10 a gallon in Europe.
Sounds like our sanctions are working great! Sanctions on Americans and Europeans, that is.
Terrible times. All fueled by Putin’s attempt to be in the history books as Putin the Great.
SpeedyinUkraine,
Do you feel good about the astronomical gas prices? The unaffordable grocery prices? The lack of baby formula? Rising utility bills?
The US economy is a dumpster fire but, since you are Ukrainian, you don’t care.
Americans are in no position to laugh at the Russians.
I was told by putards that most russians support putin and this war. So yes, russians bad. Suffering may help them see the light. So more of it
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