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|    Michael Trew to The Real Bev    |
|    Re: A Fight Over the Right to Repair Car    |
|    13 Feb 22 20:03:43    |
      From: michael.trew@att.net              On 2/13/2022 14:19, The Real Bev wrote:       > On 02/12/2022 07:37 PM, Ken Olson wrote:       >> 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.              I'll gladly travel there. I plan, at some point in the relative near       future, to drive across country and back. It will probably take me a       month to be satisfied seeing enough. I'll likely never go back, but I'd       love to see San Francisco, and many other areas. That being said, I       certainly never want to live there.              > Everybody should see Death Valley, Yosemite and Sequoia/King's Canyon.       > Optional: Vasquez Rocks because you've seen it in so many movies. Aside       > from those, the 4-corners states are way better.       >       > OTOH, hardly anybody freezes to death if they sleep outside in winter in       > Los Angeles and we have the numbers to prove it!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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