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   Dan Moren (dmoren@zeppelin.flights)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:49:51 JST Dan Moren

   I cannot think of something I want in my car LESS than an AI chatbot. Maybe knives sticking into my legs. MAYBE. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24027112/volkswagen-chatgpt-openai-voice-assistant-cars-ces

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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:49:48 JST meso

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     @dmoren can't think of a car I want less than a VW. Maybe a BMW, those are even worse at least VW doesn't pretend they're not shit
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:49:48 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @meso @dmoren you'll get it why vw is good when you get older, i just hope by that time you still can find one in decent condition and parts for em
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:50:16 JST Lina Inver?e

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     • meso
     @meso @dmoren alert spoiler: its not the volkswagens that are newer than mid 00s
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:50:43 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @meso @dmoren it isnt though, it's as reliable as 90s toyotas
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:50:44 JST meso

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     • meso
     @lina @dmoren its a shit car DOE
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:50:45 JST meso

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     @lina @dmoren Okay that thing gives me a boner
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:52:12 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @meso @dmoren hipster opinion, volvos are overrated and barely affordable to maintain, they're like the macs of old shitboxes
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:52:14 JST meso

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     • meso
     @lina @dmoren Total Volkswagen Death. Total Volvo Life.
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:52:15 JST meso

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     • Lina Inver?e
     @lina @dmoren Untrue
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:53:20 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @meso @dmoren well once you sell a kidney to buy a used volvo, i want to see you run it without ever changing filters and oil
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 01:53:21 JST meso

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     @lina @dmoren They don't need to be maintained :gigachad:
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 02:01:28 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @djsumdog @meso @dmoren >my dad had an a2 jetta
     >nothing went wrong until we ended up in a crash caused by a drunk driver and totaled it
     >bought a b3 passat
     >literally nothing went wrong until he stopped having enough time to maintain it, and even then all that went wrong is the exhaust system getting too old
     either americans are just trying to psyop people into thinking old german cars suck, or they unironically got trolled by VAG and other manufacturers and given lower quality cars because nobody likes america
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 02:01:29 JST djsumdog

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     I had an Audi A4 turbo wagon once; blew up in the desert. Full compression loss; ended up selling it for scrap. I've had to drive a friend's Golf a bunch too and noted some of the janky crap on it he should fix and he told me his girlfriend's Jetta had the same issues .. "They're all like that.."
     
     German cars are absolute clustermine garbage. They have shit design, important shit always breaks, parts are insanely expensive ...
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     Lina Inver?e (lina@eientei.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 02:09:33 JST Lina Inver?e

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     @djsumdog @meso @dmoren we've always had VAG cars after my dad's AZLK 2140 and VAZ 2101 that he had while the soviet union was still around
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     djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 02:09:34 JST djsumdog

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     • meso
     Maybe I just had really bad luck with every German car I've driven :blobcatgooglyshrug:
     
     Glad you had better luck than me. I've got a Subaru WRX now (2nd one I've owned) and a Tacoma for when I need a truck. Both of them have been fairly solid (WRX is getting old and needed a new alternator and fuel pump recently). I've thought about selling the WRX, but if I did, it would probably get replaced by another WRX 😅
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