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Beijing Is On Red Alert, Chops Car (Access) In Half

The nice people at Marketplace, who provided the above photo, have a fun website where you can put Chinese smog on your favorite city. Thankfully, most American cities haven’t had a smog problem in the 21st century. Beijing, on the other hand, is experiencing the proverbial terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Jack Baruth Dec 08, 2015

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EBFlex These are very cool. Pointless, but very cool. I miss the days of automakers building wacky, fun vehicles like this.
Sobhuza Trooper How is this dumber than a $60,000++ 4WD Crew cab pickup with a 5-foot bed?
Ajla My maintenance cost is high but I knew that going in.
TheEndlessEnigma My 2016 FiST has been the most reliable car I've owned.
MaintenanceCosts I already set out total costs, so this time I'll list what's had to be done on my cars (not counting oil changes, recall, or free services):2019 Bolt (25k mi): new 12v battery, pending tires & battery cooling service2016 Highlander (from 43k to 69k mi): new front rotors, new pads all around, new PCV valve, 2x 12v batteries, light bulbs, pending tires2011 335i (from 89k to 91k): new valve cover gasket, new spark plugs, light bulbs, pending rear main seal1995 Legend (from 185k to 203k): timing belt/water pump, new EGR valve + pipe, struts, strut bushings, drive axles, tie rods, rear control arms, other suspension bushings, coolant hose & brake lines throughout, belts, radiator, valve cover gaskets, new power antenna, 12v battery, coils, spark plugs, tires, rear pads... it's an old car!

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