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  • anomnom@sh.itjust.workstoCyberstuck@lemmy.caOptions
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    22 hours ago

    Unfortunately downward price will come against up the tariff inflation of new trucks and cars (estimated 20%+ increase by dealers) that will happen if Trump unchanges his fucking mind one more time.

    I still think annoying but not impossible the remove stickers are the solution. Do that enough times and anyone who hasn’t fallen into the sunk cost fallacy will either be looking to sell, or at least never buy another swasticar.





  • I think the previous commenter was also implying that since the Soviet system collapsed it was also not going to work.

    Also what about the scarcity of resources that still plagued the Soviet Union when it collapsed (and seems to have been a big factor)? There were an awful lot of bread lines and defectors for an optimal system.

    I have no delusions that capitalism is the solution either, especially as automation takes the power of labor away (what little is left anyway after the political weakening it’s gone through since the 80s). I firmly believe some form of socially conscious democracy is absolutely going to be necessary for humanity thrive and survive it’s own past actions (poverty, wealth inequality, environmental neglect, etc.). But that means surviving late-stage capitalism and not falling into a massive war that ends in a subdivision of ideologies like the last 2 world wars.







  • anomnom@sh.itjust.workstoCyberstuck@lemmy.caAll that K
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    6 days ago

    The jagged edges are the corners of the vehicle as designed.

    It’s designed with thick sheet metal instead rolled panel edges like all other vehicles. Because of this, the leading edges of the panels are going to do more damage no matter how well they’re built and finished.

    The creases and stiffness of the panels are very much worse on the ct too, don’t get me wrong. It was designed to look imposing and the side effect is dangerous to everyone else near them.


  • anomnom@sh.itjust.workstoCyberstuck@lemmy.caAll that K
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    6 days ago

    At least one owner needed stitches after running their hands down the edge near the tailgate in their first 20 minutes of ownership.

    Just bumping into it in a parking could be more dangerous.

    Also any US cars available for sale in Europe have to meet pedestrian crash standards and have softer metal in the hood, no Harding that protrude under said hood, and plastic front fascia that deform more easily. The deplorean has neither of these things. Though most large trucks in the US don’t either, since we don’t have those rules here.


  • anomnom@sh.itjust.workstoCyberstuck@lemmy.caAll that K
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    7 days ago

    Vehicles are functional designs. Anytime the function follows the form I’m out, and in vehicle design the function needs to include safety like a working windshield wiper or doors that open in an emergency, or smooth corners that won’t kill or make pedestrians, or crumple zones that won’t flatten other motorists.