• frontal [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    LOL look at all those heavy junk American cars with the engines that burn leaded gasoline. Surprised none of them broke down during the shot. Did you know working on car engines used to be a common characteristic of American people, just because their cars were such shit and they could rely on being stranded by the roadside often?

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Working on your car used to be common everywhere, it wasn't just a US thing.

      And I fail to see how being able to maintain and repair things yourself is somehow bad?

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        No, they're right. The stereotype of American's knowing how to work on their car is largely due to how unreliable and prone to break down cars were up until like the mid 80s.

      • frontal [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Because cars shouldn't break all the time. But American cars sure did. They were shit.

        • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          All cars did then, lol, don't take teenagers posting on forums about cars they've read about as gospel