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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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.
“...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/
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.
The Guardian - read no further.
Wouldn’t one of the Skoda dealerships in the USA have the parts he needs? I see them everywhere.
He may find the part and have it installed, but should a u-joint or wheel hub burn out, then he’s up you know who’s creek because Sweden has embargoed its ball bearings exports to Russia - other than those, he can hope to find some short-lived Chinese ball bearings, and wait a few months before those burn out.
Basically anything Russian, including military equipment, that uses ball bearings - in any capacity, is running on borrowed time.
Leave your car parked in any US inner city overnight if you want to see some banditry.