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   Michael Trew to Linird Skinird   
   Re: A Fight Over the Right to Repair Car   
   12 Feb 22 22:06:07   
   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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