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Re:Apple tells lawmakers people will hurt themselves if they... by giggles_giggles on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @05:27PM (#19792116)
>replacing the motor in your car is also a pretty extensive operation requiring extremely expensive tooling

Well SOMEONE's dad didn't have a small collection of junker vehicles in the yard to pull parts from growing up. Shoot, I know multiple people (including Dad) who rebuilt their Volkswagen Beetle engine in their unlucky girlfriend's living room (yes that unlucky girlfriend is now my mother) with hand tools. If you think working on cars requires expensive tooling, you just don't know enough rednecks! lololol

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Re:Apple tells lawmakers people will hurt themselves if they... by sverige on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @06:27PM (#19792638)
I knew a biker who had a beautiful girlfriend he was thinking of marrying. Every winter he tore his motorcycle apart in the living room and rebuilt it with incremental improvements. His buddy said to him, Will she let you overhaul your bike in the living room every winter? So he asked her. She said, Hell no!

He ended the relationship right then and there.

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Re:Apple tells lawmakers people will hurt themselves if they... by asdff on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @09:59PM (#19793886)
Its still an absolute bitch even with all the right tools. You get one rusted nut in a tight spot where you can't fit the breaker bar then go ahead and add 4+ hours of cussing and fighting with the car to your job.
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Re:Apple tells lawmakers people will hurt themselves if they... by Gibbon1 on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @05:50PM (#19792362)
I remember my mothers look of shock when my hand me down car started back up after three months of engine and transmission parts slowly spreading across the garage floor.
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Re:Apple tells lawmakers people will hurt themselves if they... by perl4ever on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @06:37PM (#19792701)
"Rebuild" is kind of a vague term that doesn't specify exactly what is done and what condition the engine was in.

Have you tried to find a mechanic who will rebuild a worn out engine and give a reasonable warranty on the work in your town? If a local professional can't make that work these days economically, it tells you something.

I see ads for cars that had a "rebuild" a few thousand miles ago and need serious work already.

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