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That was the case in Russia villages. Old Russian cars were used everywhere and one could fix anything with a wrench and hammer. Those people were reluctant to
by vbezhenar 6y ago
That was the case in Russia villages. Old Russian cars were used everywhere and one could fix anything with a wrench and hammer. Those people were reluctant to adopt new cars. I think that it's changed now, as local mechanics got more experience with electronics and stuff. Most of electronics issues actually could be fixed, you can replace capacitors, etc. But of course not in the middle of nowhere.
That said, old Toyota cars are still treasury, because they just don't fail. But they're quite costly.
- timthorn 6y ago> That said, old Toyota cars are still treasury, because they just don't fail. An assertion famously tested on Top Gear: https://topgear.fandom.com/wiki/Toyota_Hilux https://topgear.fandom.com/wiki/Toyota_Hilux
- thrwoi4u23434 6y ago... and also not entirely true, as evidenced by the numerous Tacomas cracking in two in the US.
- baybal2 6y agoPeople in deep rural China few decades ago used to have diesel motorcycles because diesel, or some semblance of it was the only fuel available to other agricultural machinery. Now these times are long past, and few Chinese today even remember that.
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoI think the US Army looked at diesel / multifuel bikes for special forces.
- throw0101a 6y ago* https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/05/look-militarys-new-stealth-bikes/128577/ https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/05/look-militarys... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilentHawk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilentHawk