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   Message 116,505 of 117,728   
   Ken Olson to Michael Trew   
   Re: A Fight Over the Right to Repair Car   
   12 Feb 22 22:37:55   
   
   From: kolson@freedomnet.org   
      
   On 2/12/2022 10:06 PM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 2/10/2022 17:46, Linird Skinird wrote:   
   >> The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I really hate the concept.  I don't like waste.  I believe in   
   >>> recycling, re-use etc.  I hate that it's hard to find old not-antique   
   >>> cars on the road any more.  I think it drove the price of used cars up   
   >>> even before the recent Troubles -- all the really old ones are gone.   
   >>> I could have got $250 for the Caddy if I'd driven it to a wrecker.  I   
   >>> got $1K for destroying it.  Stupid to do the right thing.  I hate   
   >>> Kalifornia.   
   >>   
   >> Indeed. I have a car with a fuel pressure regulator that wasn't used in   
   >> any other car, so out of stock for years. If I were in California, I   
   >> would be shit out of luck.   
   >   
   > There are many reasons that I'm glad that I don't live in California,   
   > and now I can add another to my list.   
      
   There are a lot of places in California that I'd like to see, but I   
   won't cross that border under the current conditions in that state.   
      
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