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The Car Shortage Is About To Get A Whole Lot Worse
Jalopnik ^ | October 19, 2021 | Steve DaSilva

Posted on 10/20/2021 2:00:56 PM PDT by Pilsner

A critical element in everything from engines to bodies is in short supply

... Essentially, you can’t make cars without aluminum. You can’t work with aluminum without using magnesium. And as of December, you may not be able to work with magnesium much — if at all.

85% of the world’s supply comes from ... China, ... (which) just ordered 35 of its 50 production facilities to shut down. The remaining 15 have been told to scale back operations by half, leaving production drastically reduced.

(Excerpt) Read more at jalopnik.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agw; aluminum; bauxite; bidensfault; bidenzuela; cars; china; decarbonization; guinea; iylm; magnesium; manufacturing; shortage; shortages; vehicles
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To: Gay State Conservative
There's a Mercedes dealership in my town that maintains a pretty big lot near me in which they store new cars ready for delivery. Typically it contains 25+ cars. In recent weeks it's been empty.

Was looking a late model A220. Used A220s are selling for more than they did new. Punted.

101 posted on 10/20/2021 4:20:14 PM PDT by Fury
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To: LeoWindhorse
Drive old/older cars and trucks. They’re cool.You can work on them yourself ( much older cars & trucks!)

Who needs all the hi tech bell whistles and computer everything? The poor little XYZ’z will suffer....

I would never want to drive some ancient relic from the past except in a 4th of July parade. My current generation Chevy Silverado is so much more refined. And when it comes to towing technology, it just can't be beat. Hooking up a trailer is a cinch with hitch guidance and the downward looking camera. A press of the button on the infotainment screen starts the light test that checks all the lights, including turn signals and brake lights. The integrated TPMS displays the trailer tire pressure and temperature on the infotainment screen. The integrated trailer brake controller gain is displayed on the driver information center every time I hit the brakes. If someone tries to steal my trailer, it sets off an alarm as soon as someone disconnects the 7 pin from the truck. And that's just trailer stuff.

I like having my LED lights, automatic dual-zone climate control, heated and ventilated seats, heated steering wheel, memory function seating and all the other creature comforts. If I remote start the truck during winter it turns on the heater, the heated seats and the steering wheel heat. In the summer a remote start will turn on the air conditioning. I like the safety of the blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, electronic stability control, antilock brakes, front and side airbags. I like the convenience of a fob I never need to take out of my pocket. Each door has its own button on the door handle, so I can lock and unlock the truck from any door. I like the convenience of pushbutton start and stop. The power down/up tailgate is also a nice touch. And the 6.2L engine with 10 speed transmission is so much better than some ancient V8 with a three speed transmission. I'll take my new truck over some 50 or 60 year old truck any day of the week.

102 posted on 10/20/2021 4:23:16 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: nascarnation
Yep…. Magnesium is extracted from seawater. I don't know if most Mg is still obtained from seawater but the original mass production in the US was by Dow Chemical in Freeport, TX, where it is still produced.
103 posted on 10/20/2021 4:25:04 PM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: nascarnation

Buy fiberglass vettes.


104 posted on 10/20/2021 4:25:37 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Get the border wall built and get back to work on the keystone.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Ha! All overrated.

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Kidding!

.

You left out ApplePlay.

😉


105 posted on 10/20/2021 4:26:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Pilsner

Pretty soon my wife will have to drive the classic Porsche to work ...

She will hate that.


106 posted on 10/20/2021 4:26:33 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Pilsner

I bought a minimal mileage used Honda August 2020. Same model, same specs would cost me 4000 more today. Checking out Autonation on certain models. It seems they have half the inventory they had in August 2020. This whole Covid affair is messing up world economies. The Chinese included seem to have Covid problems killing their production of X,Y and Z. They tossed a conniption fit and banned Australian coal. This killed their electrical outputs for industry. They had some blackouts. They have recently unbanned it.


107 posted on 10/20/2021 4:28:36 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: Blueflag

I assume you’ve briefed her on “lift throttle oversteer”


108 posted on 10/20/2021 4:28:47 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: maddog55

What did he have in that mopar?

383?

Buddy and me stuck a 392 hemi into a 57 chev two door hardtop.

All it would do is spin. Could not get that rear end to sit down. Traction bars, big slicks, you name it. Called the push button automatic the select-o-spin.

I loved those goats. I loved the Chevy Chevelle SS 396s.
Hell..I loved em ALL.


109 posted on 10/20/2021 4:32:14 PM PDT by crz
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To: cgbg
I know a couple of car dealers that have vacant back lots as big as football stadiums.

That is primarily because of the chip shortages. The auto manufacturers have huge lots filled with assembled vehicles that lack the chips to control the electronics. Any shortage in aluminum will probably not be felt for quite a while in the auto market, as the manufacturers will have a big backlog of vehicles waiting for chips for quite some time. You will start seeing reductions in vehicle production simply because they will run out of room and money to keep storing partially finished vehicles...

110 posted on 10/20/2021 4:38:42 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Great idea but good luck finding a 60s-70s era vehicle in good shape.


111 posted on 10/20/2021 4:42:56 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Jane Long
You left out ApplePlay.

I left out a lot of things. But yes, Apple CarPlay is awesome. And I don't even use it to its fullest potential. I use it primarily for navigation. It's so much easier that using the onboard navigation system and the display is much much better.

112 posted on 10/20/2021 4:45:53 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: CA Conservative
Kentucky Speedway parking lots (no, there's no race today)


113 posted on 10/20/2021 4:50:14 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Dusty Road

Neither did any of mine.

Neither if the 2 vehicles I STILL have=the same.


114 posted on 10/20/2021 4:55:42 PM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Dusty Road

Yes it did.


115 posted on 10/20/2021 4:57:12 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: maddog55

MY 1 ton 1976 Chevy dually gets 6 MPG sitting in the driveway.


116 posted on 10/20/2021 5:01:28 PM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: crz

MY 1976 1 ton Chevy truck STILL HAS THAT.


117 posted on 10/20/2021 5:02:57 PM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: ridesthemiles

Consider a re-power with this highly efficient crate motor:

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a37990530/chevy-1004-hp-crate-motor-zz632-1000/


118 posted on 10/20/2021 5:03:55 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Wrong.

It has a very crude computer in the ignition module and it originally had plenty of Mexican parts in it when built and since then nearly every replacement part has been made in China.
Sorry but you got plenty of chink parts on it.

Oriellys absolutely destroyed the auto parts industry with there cheap Chinese crap. Others were doing it before them but they pushed it all the way.

Most of the Caterpillar parts I see these days are Chinese as well.

Disgusting.
Trying to rebuild anything with good quality parts is almost impossible.


119 posted on 10/20/2021 5:05:35 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: Pilsner

120 posted on 10/20/2021 5:07:36 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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