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  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    27 days ago

    I have an older car with no backup camera, but I frequently drive my parents’ cars which both have backup cameras. Often, when I’m driving my own car, I find myself backing up while staring uselessly at my center console. Haven’t heard any screams or crunching noises so far, fingers crossed.

  • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    28 days ago

    I’d rather spend a week fixing my car than spend a week earning enough money to pay the dealer to work on my car.

    • black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      28 days ago

      Yeah but wealthy people get to extract money from you when you work and from the workers at the dealer when you pay them so they lock the car down so you can’t do that.

      Learn about speeduino

        • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          27 days ago

          In the U.S., ODB-I was mandated beginning in model year 1988, and ODB-II was mandated for all cars beginning in model year 1996. Technically, California mandated it, but the manufacturers all made their entire U.S. models comply with California rules for easier logistics.

          ODB-I had terrible standardization and requires a bunch of model/make specific stuff to properly interface with, but in theory the 35-year old cars do have some kind of data port available.

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        27 days ago

        I bought a used 25 yo hybrid off of Craigslist last November for $50 and I’ve put 2000 miles on it since then. I just can’t believe people spend $10K to $15K on bikes these days, but it’s fun to pass those things.