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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • Can’t speak for other countries, but in Australia BYD is smashing it.

    They represent incredible value for money and it’s not like we’ve got a local industry to protect - our conservative government made sure of that.

    We’re already the world’s dumping ground for shit vehicles that don’t meet emissions standards, so having a non-Elon Musk EV alternative is something people are grabbing with both hands. We bought a BYD Seal Performance for $70k AUD a little over a year ago. For that money you get an incredibly comfortable sedan that does 500k on a charge, costs about $1 per 100km to run, and does 0-100 in 3.8 seconds.

    EU vehicles are crazy overpriced by comparison, and because they try and position Mercedes / BMW / VW as luxury brands here the servicing and repair costs are through the roof. Part availability also sucks, with everything being a 6+ week lead time. We’ve owned European vehicles on several occasions and never again.




  • I will never understand what part of Trump politics appeals to “young men” (or anyone).

    The bloke is a loser, yet just keeps bluffing and grifting his way to the top. How is that a trait you want to emulate?

    Even in the article the kid says:

    "I was watching TV, and he just came out, and told everybody what was going wrong.

    … When did this happen? In which particular series of words that fell out of Trumps mouth during one of his insane ramblings did old mate get the impression this is what happened? It’s like seeing a portent in your bowl of spaghettios or something. Just because a brief moment of chance brought something together that appeared to make sense on the surface doesn’t mean you should ignore the 99% that doesn’t.