thisorthatorwhatever

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[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Cars from the late 80s and early 90s are still fine today if produced; relatively safe, good fuel economy, air-conditioning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Civic_(fourth_generation)

Heck, 4/5 people would be happy with a side by side ATV as a form of transportation in urban/suburban areas. https://www.utvdriver.com/utv-news/cheapest-utility-side-by-sides/

A golf cart is suitable for at least 50% of people currently driving in cities, as the majority of small cars are just grocery getters. https://www.utvdriver.com/utv-news/cheapest-utility-side-by-sides/

Something is fundamentally wrong with the transportation; size, power, cost of cars.

Good luck finding a dealer that will sell you that at the price you quoted. To get the real price, you need to log in and give your email, and be contacted by the dealer.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That list from autotrader.ca seems off. Going to individual dealer pages and the prices hover around the $31,000 range for many of those.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is how good people get screwed, but stupid judges that can't see 2+2 is 4. In the eyes of the court now a 'National Security' threat has to be so great that an invading army needs to be parked on Parliament Hill.

Most normal people don't want a hundred trucks honking all night long for weeks on end, it's insanity.

Doug Ford has been asleep at the wheel, drunk at the cottage, and completely fumbled the car industry in S. Ontario. The Ontario government should really limit the power, speed, and acceleration of cars. In S. Ontario we've reached the limits of congestion, it's just sprawl and traffic.

By severally limiting the speed etc. of cars, though taxes, the government would have saved the Ontario auto industry. Focus would have then shifted to making everything lower price, and that is all that matters globally in the car market.

Instead we get stupid cars like the Dodge Charge, that only a small minority of people want. Power you can't use, and a high price tag.

If the provincial government told people, no more stupidity, we are actively capping engine size through taxes we'd have a better and stronger car manufacturing sector in Ontario.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If they start at 33K, that is the end for the sale of most other cars in Canada. The majority of people that buy a new car, simply pick the cheapest one. 33K undercuts all else on the market.

and the Austro-Hungarians fighting the Ottomans.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What about the Austro-Hungarian Empire Empire, everybody always forgets about the Habsburg monarchy (1282 to 1918). I'd compare the USA of today to the final days of the Habsburg monarch. It exists, seems strong, nobody will notice if its gone. If the USA folded back into EU, as it probably will in the next 50 years, people would just see the USA history as an odd bit of history that was there to perpetuate slavery in the 18th and 19th Century.

No he won't. If he was, he would have already done it.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't consider it an 'Empire", it's basically England continued under a different name. Time for the U.S. of A. to rejoin Europe, as well as England admitting it made a mistake leaving the EU. Include also New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Argentine, Chile. When the smoke clears, include Ukraine and Russia. Drop all the artificial boarders, they've become nonsensical in an era of the Internet/Smartphones and cheap airline travel.

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

"The former Royal Bank of Scotland submitter who was offered sushi rolls in exchange for helping try to rig the Libor rate-setting process has been banned by the UK's financial regulator." https://www.ft.com/content/23868e36-0095-11e6-ac98-3c15a1aa2e62

 

Since the 1960s America has taxed light trucks being imported. Because America didn't have to build light trucks to compete internationally they lost the international market on light trucks. Now nobody wants to buy American cars and trucks because they are not as good as what others countries build. So now America has put up high tariffs to make itself even more isolationist, since they can't compete.

 

N. American cars are garbage. Our garbage car economy is garbage.

What about all the other industries?

 

Ridings in Ontario were historically about 5000 people, with very large ridings hitting 8,000, and nothing in the double digits. Today ridings are 100,000 people.

Look at the difference between 1908 and 2022 Ontario general election, in Toronto.

1908 Ontario general election Toronto South - Conservative win with 5,202 votes of 6,965 cast (75% of the vote). 74.69

2022 Ontario general election Toronto Centre - NDP won with 15,285 votes of 34,921 cast (43.77% of the vote).

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