First thing first: fuck reckless and dangerous driving.
But yikes, once the authorities take one step in, they will never take a step back.
Also it’s Singapore, a city that make it extremely expensive to own a car, essentially lock the option out for anyone who can’t pay sgd100k± for the certificate. And car is also extremely expensive to buy.
But despite that, one doesn’t need to own a car to travel around Singapore, it’s a very walkable city despite the weather.
Singapore is influenced by China and we all know how bad the Chinese police are.
This title made my brain spin on itself
This is what you get when you mess with the S’pore police.
What does OP do with all the time they save by not writing inga
Cars are spyware with wheels.
And yet people want electric cars
Newer ICE cars are spyware with wheels, too. Nothing to do with the drivetrain.
You will get no argument from me. However, they still have a engine that you can work on. Electric cars aren’t know for there reparability or longevity. Gas cars still have some issues but they are much more “physical” if that males sense. You can put gas in your car but you need to charge your electric with a charging station.
I think there is a good reason that we moved to gas. It also annoys me that old drivable cars are getting crushed.
Clearly you haven’t worked on new Dodge vehicles as they have completely locked their engine diagnostic behind a massive paywall that Dodge can revoke if they feel like to leaving you unable to work on that engine. VW, Merc, Volvo, BMW have all been calling home for the past 10-15 years now as a mandatory way to re-enable ice engines. Ford and Chevy are also looking to (if they haven’t already) locking their internal CPU behind a paywall as well.
TL;DR - All new cars (ev or ice) are getting “features” that lock you out of “working on the engine”
Well that’s why I drive an old car
I’m going to laugh if all this connectedness is the thing that makes people start supporting public transit and biking again lmao.
“Well who wants to fucking drive anymore if you actually get in trouble for breaking the law?!”
And so it begins. Soon this will be real time reporting.
Cars are the new cell phones. Makes me glad I drive the equivalent of a Nokia 3210.
Volvo 240?
King pick. 740s and 940s also welcome. Rwd turbo bricks ❤️
Gotta love them My homie had one with the Elk emblem
https://www.bolha.com/image-w920x690/avtooprema-ostalo/volvo-moose-elk-emblem-slika-21303974.jpg
The addition of the word turbo implies the existence of a car that is even slower than a Volvo brick.
Up till now, no evidence of such a car has been found.
OG Nissan Hardbody
ohhhhh I love me some minitrucks.
Got any pics by chance?
I wish there was a bigger car community here in lemmy
Yeah, here you go. Nothing special, but unmolested ones are getting hard to find. I do hope more of the car community finds it’s way here.
I’m super not a car guy but the country boy in me misses basic ass pickup trucks. My dad had an old ranger and that thing certainly held stuff in the bed well without requiring a staircase. 🤣
1962 Ford?
Hardbody Nissan. It’s kind of a homoerotic name but the 90’s were a different time.
The good news is that the Singapore, Korean and Chinese police are way more invasive and aggressive than police in the US. The bad news is that US law enforcement often copies them.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think cars and heavy vehicles should report overspeeding and other reckless behaviour to the traffic police.
I agree that does sound safe but I can’t trust the cops with a record of everywhere I’ve been or some kind of tracking system.
#alwaysbecriming
I think a good compromise would be the car only reporting you if you cross the speed limit. But then, you’d have to take the manufacturer’s word for it.
I will not take any word for it. Nobody is going to want to a drive snitch car, let’s be real.
Sweet, I can still text as much as I want that way. Because speeding is the only issue, right?
