What vehicle do you drive?
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Asshat Foler
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A rotting subframe? How is that even a thing? Especially in a vehicle only 12 years old. Man that’s disappointing heh.
Tholan
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The same guys who did the last Nokia i owned I guess. My brother has an I4 and I always cry when I have to drive it. Try to find the where to go to disconnect the charging cable on the menu.
Punko
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A rotting subframe? How is that even a thing? Especially in a vehicle only 12 years old. Man that’s disappointing heh.
Parking cars consistently on grass does things.
Asshat Foler
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Condensation? Isn’t the subframe metal? Idk I’ve only owned HD trucks the past 15 years
Captain Suave
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Where I live we have 30+ degree temperature swings through the day. In the morning it might be 65, which means unless I set the cabin temp to below that the heater triggers. Then five minutes later after the sun has warmed things up the AC is on full blast because it thinks I wants a refrigerator. In the winter if I'm wearing a jacket I have to set the temp in the 60's to keep from sweating, and if there's little greenhouse heating swing suddenly I'm air conditioning in December.
It's dumb. I just want a convenient vent function without constant active heating or cooling. A floor/ceiling is much more reflective of how people think about comfort.
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Punko
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grass means constant moist air above it so things rust a lot faster
also, if you ever seen the inside of a 10 year old lawnmower, that is the kind of shit that will be stuck to your car
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Denamian
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Parked on pavement or in a garage (in the winter), but it still got plenty of salt exposure thanks to northern NY winters.
She ended up getting a 2026 Kona limited and was offered a low enough interest rate that she financed it. She's going to let the money do some work, then pay it off in a year or two.
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Cad
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Maybe I'm just not very sensitive to hot/cold but I just leave it on 70 year round and basically never touch it.
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Asshat Foler
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Yeah I guess. My last truck only had surface rust on the frame where that stick black coating had been removed over the years. Maybe it’s my location.
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Punko
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Please don't buy new cars around 30-40k.
You can get so much better on the 2nd hand market for that price.
In Europe the price of small cars has increased by 20-80% in a few years, because of required lane assist, belt tensioner, active pedestrian protection, ... shit you never needed and still don't.
I have nfc in what market a new Kona is an interesting proposition. A young x1 that has gone through the first few years of depreciation would save a lot of money I am sure.
You can get so much better on the 2nd hand market for that price.
In Europe the price of small cars has increased by 20-80% in a few years, because of required lane assist, belt tensioner, active pedestrian protection, ... shit you never needed and still don't.
I have nfc in what market a new Kona is an interesting proposition. A young x1 that has gone through the first few years of depreciation would save a lot of money I am sure.
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Burren
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There's worse. For him to come to you and do a quality job, that's not a bad cost at all.
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Chanur
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Bald Brah
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I disagree. I bought my last 2 cars brand new. You just need to shop for deals. My 2020 Gladiator was 9k off sticker and my 2025 Mustang GT was 8k off sticker. I really wasn't looking to buy either car at the time but ridiculous rebates and low financing sold me on cars I wasn't even looking at.
Used cars were gotten rid of for a reason. Especially low mileage used cars. 9 times out of 10 you are buying someone else's problem without a factory warranty.
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Punko
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The thing about buying a low mileage premium to get 20% or more off compared to new (yes after whatever "reduction" you get) is that you buy it at a dealer and have factory warranty still.
You could have bought a gladiator / mustang with 5k miles on it and have saved thousands, if not 10+.
"off sticker" means nothing outside that garage. You shouldn't use that as a point to value the trade by.
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Brahma
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Fucker
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There's huge money to be saved buying low miles used. I bought a used low miles Highlander out of state for $10k+ off local prices, and about $15k off new for a lesser trim. It was as brand spanking new. Why not get more for less?
It ended up costing me about $1k a year total, and that was with trading it in at a dealership. They were within $500 of my deal price, then I thought about all the assholes I wouldn't have to deal with selling it myself, and that loss was an easy loss.
For everyday runabouts like this, buying used is the only way to go.
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