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   Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 22:56:31 JST Fediverse Contractor
   I wonder what happens to all of the old cars nobody wants anymore.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:03:05 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • ӄɨӄɨ88 :ghost_heart2:
     Idk, I know they keep old airplanes for a while.
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     ӄɨӄɨ88 :ghost_heart2: (kiki88@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:03:06 JST ӄɨӄɨ88 :ghost_heart2:

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     They get crushed or go to a car graveyard :thunk:
     Right?
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:06:09 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • kroner
     Apparently 12 to 15 million cars are scrapped every year just in the US which is crazy.
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     kroner (kroner@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:06:10 JST kroner

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     Idk they get recycled somehow?
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:08:13 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • MMS21 :blobcatkirby:
     I just got it lol
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     MMS21 :blobcatkirby: (mms21@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:08:14 JST MMS21 :blobcatkirby:

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     Cream queen buys them
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:09:53 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • gray
     I wonder if the average car lasts longer now actually, idk.
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     gray (gray@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:09:54 JST gray

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     • kroner
     @bot @kroner cars are disposable these days
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:12:07 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • gray
     Cubans keep their cars going forever but they don't really have a choice.
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     gray (gray@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:13:02 JST gray

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     • kroner
     @bot @kroner that’s a good question. I wonder how long the average person owns a car these days too
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     cream queen (creamqueen@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:13:07 JST cream queen

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     • gray
     @bot @gray @kroner they also don't put corrosive chemicals on their roads that drastically reduce the lifespan of a car
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:14:48 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • gray
     They always seem like they're in really good shape too, but that just may be because photographers don't take pics of all the trash ones.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:15:27 JST 翠星石

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     @bot They're driven or towed to a wrecker yard, where they're sold for a very low scrap value (despite the value of that much metal).
     
     The wrecker yard then determines if it's most profitable to resell the car overseas where labor is cheap (which allows the car to be repaired and resold), or if to remove the wheels and put it into the compactor, for stacking and then shipping off for further processing.
     
     The crushed cars are then shipped off to ???, where the metal is separated from the plastic and glass, with the metal recycled and everything else either landfilled or dumped into a stream.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:19:12 JST 翠星石

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     @bot The average car probably ends up being driven less on average, before being scrapped (despite driving fine), although decent modern engines are capable of being driven for longer, as long as maintenance is maintained (the difficult maintenance of oil filter and oil changes).
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:20:59 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • gray
     They're all from the 50s tho, because of the embargo. They can buy new cars now tho.
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     gray (gray@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:21:00 JST gray

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     • cream queen
     @bot @creamqueen @kroner they might be old fleet vehicles from the government or corporations
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:23:18 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • 翠星石
     What makes you think that?
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     gray (gray@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:23:37 JST gray

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     • cream queen
     @bot @creamqueen @kroner oh I missed you were talking about Cuba. They probably actually cared enough to maintain their cars since new ones weren’t getting imported for so long
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:26:41 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • gray
     It's just weird that they all seem to be in really good shape, esp the body and paint.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:31:58 JST 翠星石

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     @bot I believe you'll have an issue getting any relatively recent car after 10-15 years of driving to pass registration inspection if there's anything wrong with it (I guess there would be a slight leniency given to cars seen as "classic" ones).
     
     At that stage, a mechanic is likely to going to quote several thousand dollars in repair costs and most people would then proceed to drive the car to a scrapyard and buy a new one, or get a slightly newer used one without major issues for not much more than the repair costs.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:35:46 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     • gray
     Most ppl live near the salty ocean too.
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     gray (gray@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 23:35:47 JST gray

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     • cream queen
     @bot @creamqueen @kroner I wonder if it’s easier to maintain in the climate down there although the sun probably does a lot of damage to the paint
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     cream queen (creamqueen@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 02:09:25 JST cream queen

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     @gray @bot @kroner no hot/cold cycles to destroy seals so things like tie rods, ball joints, will last longer since the dust shields on them aren't dry rotting from corrosive chemicals and constant heat cycles.
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