I'm surprised they've never used this for advertising material, I mean having a fleet of cars that are still in daily use after 50 years is a hell of an achievement.
Can't let people know that cars last more than a decade, bad for business
Of course lol, we aren't made of money. After 7 or 8 years of being a daily driver though, the problems usually start getting more expensive/harder to fix.
The problem is parts that are engineered to fail and they intentionally under produce the component 10 years out so it's hard to get a hold of. Having an ad that's like "hey, this Lada from the 70s still runs with minimal maintenance" would undermine their whole engineered scarcity market.
My car turnover rate is kinda high but thats cause im hood at trading up va craigslist and such
My family has two cars (booooo), one is 22 years old, the other is about 15. The 22 years old one is showing its age now which kinda costs. The other one does have some problems every now and then but it's not that bad.
They don't have to actually last that long, you just need to make people believe they do.
People complain about how horrible Cuba is while being $20k in debt to own a car that breaks down twice a month.
Meanwhile, Cuban cabbies keep their rides in perfect condition for over half a century without owing anyone a dime.
Fuck volvo they received financial covid aid here in Sweden and are now paying out dividends and reporting growth this past year. Pay it back first and foremost if you don't need it wtf. I guess it's really the government's fault for being way too lenient, corporations gonna corporate.
uncritical support for the DPRK in its heroic struggle to liberate occupied Korea from the genocidal American empire
It was amusing to read Magnetic Mountain and learn that during Stalin's industrialization drive they contracted out to some American construction firms for their technical expertise, and when the factories were built they took any excuse to basically con them out of their payments
:stalin-joking:
I'd play Juche Theft Auto
Now that I think about it, the number of times I've been shot in the head in GTA and woken up in the hospital does sound like Juche Necromancy
