Russians switch to used cars as sanctions pummel auto sector

Reuters ^ | February 17, 2023 | Gleb Stolyarov and Alexander Marrow

[familyop]

"I’m probably the only 9 year old that ever changed a starter in a 1959 TBird."

Probably. :)

My dad liked rebuilding Ford 292s to run more like 312s. Before that, he raced supermodifieds (flathead V8s) during the late '50s and early '60s. He was a truck mechanic.

My favorite teacher (rancher-teacher-preacher, Freemason, U.S. Army veteran) taught us to build houses. He was a hard man, honest and fair. One of our fellow students was an old U.S. veteran attending with the GI Bill. Good man and also a good and patient teacher. He wore a Magen David and was previously acquainted with our teacher through Freemasonry. Together, they gave me some specific extra attention on doing drywall work in one of the houses we built. I became pretty good at it.

[Kazan]

https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/02/13/mediazona-and-bbc-news-russian-publish-further-figures-on-russia-s-losses-in-ukraine

Mediazona and BBC News Russian, together with a group of volunteers, have confirmed the deaths of 14,093 Russian servicemen killed in the Ukraine war before February 12. They arrived at this total using only public records and other open sources.

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Compare that to more than 150,000 dead on the Ukrainian side.

[rellic]

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Won’t work when a Rat eats through your wiring.
I prefer laptops and vehicle specific software.
I can do every VAG vehicle in the world.
$200.
All Fords for $150.
And can watch porn for free.
Full disclosure; Computer Science degree
I own 6 computers.
My Hobby.

[oldtech]

I own one car & it is also 18 yrs. old. It’s in good shape, low mileage for it’s age, gets good mileage, reasonably comfortable, & made in America. Can’t think of a new one I’d want to own, except maybe a Toyota.

[familyop]

The last time I used Windows was while helping to get Xen running with NetBSD a long time ago. The Techstream software for Toyota and Lexus is mucho expensive, and it runs like pond water.

I like Android in hardware that’s more heavy duty. There’s also an XTool D7 that is much lower priced, but I’m considering the D8 for later (stronger battery among other things).