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Republicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversed (futurism.com)

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[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 14 hours ago

The cheapest car I ever owned was listed on Craigslist for $1,000 but I managed to talk it down because it had a broken fuel gauge, only lasted me about a year. It was a 1993 Dodge Dakota, so we're in OBD1 era here. I'm currently driving a late 90s Honda with almost 300,000 miles, it burns oil but it's still drives fine. I'm going to drive it until it dies and then hopefully I'll have enough money to buy something on Craigslist. In my experience $500 would only buy you a mechanic's special. I first got my driver's license in the 2010s and I live on the west coast, if that makes any difference