Huh this car looks almost the same as my old 80s Corolla did. Except it has a height and length extension.
Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
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Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
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Teeth are the proof that God doesn't exist, no celestial being could be dumb enough to create teeth which if not brushed regularly with semi-annual dentist checks rot because of.... foood.
There's a difference between the food that's been eaten over the past thousands of years and the food that we all eat today. I suppose if you look at this the right way, it's another argument in favor of evolution. Teeth are optimized for hunter/gatherer diet and lifespans. Doesn't matter if your teeth rot out by 50 if you die in your 30-40s
30-40 is plenty if you’re having offspring by 13-17 and seeing them to the same age. Teeth need not last any longer.
Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
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Those MB diesels made it to the States too, and they were equally well respected here in my experience. Although, there's long been a diesel aversion among some part of the population here, so it was maybe a narrower subset of the population familiar with the legend of the MB diesels. I drove one for years, acquired when they were available as a quite cheap ~15 year old car. I've since switched to a Toyota and been q…
>there's long been a diesel aversion among some part of the which is well-justified. Diesels just aren't clean in any sense of the word, and I guess Americans make a lot more short trips which Diesels aren't well-suited for, and are not as concerned with saving on fuel as it's much cheaper.
Diesels are dirty, but I'm doubtful that is where the aversion comes from. Americans are fine with diesel trucks, and, at the time period that the MB diesels are from, emissions wasn't nearly as much of a focus as it is now.
I've heard that one of the supposed reasons for an aversion to diesel sedans specifically is that, during the fuel shortages in the 70's, GM hurriedly built diesel sedans that turned out to be poorly engineered and extremely problematic, and that debacle convinced the public that diesel sedans were a bad idea.
Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
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Are teeth closer to exposed bone or enlodged rocks?
if teeth were simply rocks it’d be a helluvalot easier to get them replaced if teeth were exposed bone we’d be able to regrow them teeth are their own special thing; toughened enamel with an alive inside
But we can regrow them.
We just evolved an anti-teeth-regrowth substance/molecule that's in our blood and shuts down teeth growth once adult teeth are finished, because adult teeth roots are so deep that they require surgery to pull the old teeth out to make space for new.
Also historically humans didn't live that long, compared to the decade it takes adult teeth to grow.
They're doing phase 2 trials in Japan right now, on children with a birth defect that blocked some teeth from spawning.
The medicine is a monoclonal antibody "antiserum" that neutralizes the teeth-growth-blocker.
Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
#265Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are teeth closer to exposed bone or enlodged rocks?
if teeth were simply rocks it’d be a helluvalot easier to get them replaced if teeth were exposed bone we’d be able to regrow them teeth are their own special thing; toughened enamel with an alive inside
When we replace them, we do use rocks though.
Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
#266Earlier quoted context omitted.
Teeth are the proof that God doesn't exist, no celestial being could be dumb enough to create teeth which if not brushed regularly with semi-annual dentist checks rot because of.... foood.
Only the type of food we eat in an “advanced” society
And what food do we eat in advanced society, titanium?
I eat meat, vegetables, some sugary things ofc but they had honey back then. Honey also rots teeth.
Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
#267Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only the type of food we eat in an “advanced” society
And what food do we eat in advanced society, titanium? I eat meat, vegetables, some sugary things ofc but they had honey back then. Honey also rots teeth.
People "back then" didn't have access to an industrial quantity of honey
Regardless, most people in the westen world dont eat like you. Most of their calories come from ultraprocessed garbage (look up the nova food system)
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BS. Gasoline is just more convenient and cheaper for them. 40V batteries last long enough that you only need a handful of them to last a whole day.
I have 40V electric lawn mower. It takes nearly the full charge on two batteries to cut my average suburban-sized lawn. Sometimes I can't even complete it on that depending how tall the grass is. Add in edge trimming and blowing away the clippings and then multiply that by a number of lawns or larger properties and I think you would need dozens of batteries. BTW "more convenient and cheaper" are strong arguments when…
Honda has a new electric mower coming out that can do like 12-15 acres on a charge.
We're talking a commercial mower though. I haven't seen prices yet, but I'd guess you're in the $15k range.
Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
#269Long haul trucks frequently beat this.
I look after a second-hand truck dealer's website and there are often prime movers with 1m+ kilometers and less than 5 years old.
Fun fact: Heavy machinery sales advertise the exact hours they have been used and not the odometer, so a large dump truck might only be 3 years old but have ~7,000 hours usage.
Re: Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
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Nowadays it feels like the electronics or emissions gear will take the car down long before the engine wears out
It's weird how EV fans doggedly believe that EVs will outlast mechanical cars because they got so few moving parts, even experience shows the electronics often fail before the mechanical parts, both in cars and household appliances.
And the funny thing is, that it has been known ever since I was a kid, so at least 20 decades. Electronics often fail before the mechanical parts, and terribly expensive to repair. So my family avoided such cars.