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3D printers and CNC machines will ensure that parts flow and cars stay on the road.
They already are - 3D scanning & printing is already a common way to "source" hard to find interior parts and many other components can be 3D printed with carbon reinforced filament, making them suitable for high temp/shock applications.
Home CNC machines also already exist. The ability to reproduce a part is only limited by having an accurate model, the right tooling & a big enough machine to produce the part you need.
Hmmm... Might be time for me to spring for another Toyota Landcruiser. Those things will run 30 years without any major repairs. And even then a little duct tape and bailing wire will often get me back on the road...
Wouldn't have bothered me if I had read such an article 10 years ago. I used to live in SF way back when. Once, when my parents visited me, one of the entertainment things we went to was a drag comedy show with some friends. My parents loved it; never laughed so hard. It was fabulous! Men dressed up in female garb and costumes don't bother me in the least! And, as long as their reading to children is both age and *child content appropriate,* with no material about gender or sex, then no big deal.
Wow, so you are only making my point for me.
For starters, if you were raised in SF way back when, rest assured what was "normal" in your small section of America was far from the norm in most of America.
That said, I grant you I do not know who your parents are/were, nor their sense of humor, nor the context of what comedy show they thought was funny.
I imagine my grandparents or maybe even parents thought Milton Berle was funny doing some type of a tranny skit, but he was also not a part of the alphabet people who some of which suffer from a mental illness known as gender dysphoria.
While we might have symphony for such people, that does not mean parents want their children exposed to what they might think is "normal child content appropriate" to learn about while in elementary school.
Heck in SF, there is a statue of Harvey Milk who is a known child molester, and what he/she/they/etc thought was "normal", did not comport with most of mainstream America. Nor does what sickos like members of NAMBLA believe, and they are based in SF.
Essentially do not try to obfuscate what adults like your (presumably hetero) parents thought was funny, vs. trying to indoctrinate children into thinking those in drag believe.
The same is true of most people in America who might be inclined to buy a more fuel efficient car, be it gasoline, diesel, electric, propane, hydrogen, etc., but are not going to accept that once their combustion car needs X amount of repairs at 15 years, they will be forced into mass transit, or some leftist POS type of flavor of the day eco vehicle.
Heck, there are plenty of cars that are worth hundreds of thousands (if not millions of dollars) that will never accept their prize possessions/investments, or practically loved cars (aka sleepy Joe and his corvette) just because they are X amount of years old.
Just look at cars that are shipped across the world by the wealthy and elites who will never be subject to their investments becoming scrap metal in a junkyard even in your states/Newsom's backyard;
Wow, so you are only making my point for me.
For starters, if you were raised in SF way back when, rest assured what was "normal" in your small section of America was far from the norm in most of America.
That said, I grant you I do not know who your parents are/were, nor their sense of humor, nor the context of what comedy show they thought was funny.
I imagine my grandparents or maybe even parents thought Milton Berle was funny doing some type of a tranny skit, but he was also not a part of the alphabet people who some of which suffer from a mental illness known as gender dysphoria.
While we might have symphony for such people, that does not mean parents want their children exposed to what they might think is "normal child content appropriate" to learn about while in elementary school.
Heck in SF, there is a statue of Harvey Milk who is a known child molester, and what he/she/they/etc thought was "normal", did not comport with most of mainstream America. Nor does what sickos like members of NAMBLA believe, and they are based in SF.
Essentially do not try to obfuscate what adults like your (presumably hetero) parents thought was funny, vs. trying to indoctrinate children into thinking those in drag believe.
The same is true of most people in America who might be inclined to buy a more fuel efficient car, be it gasoline, diesel, electric, propane, hydrogen, etc., but are not going to accept that once their combustion car needs X amount of repairs at 15 years, they will be forced into mass transit, or some leftist POS type of flavor of the day eco vehicle.
Heck, there are plenty of cars that are worth hundreds of thousands (if not millions of dollars) that will never accept their prize possessions/investments, or practically loved cars (aka sleepy Joe and his corvette) just because they are X amount of years old.
Just look at cars that are shipped across the world by the wealthy and elites who will never be subject to their investments becoming scrap metal in a junkyard even in your states/Newsom's backyard;
Wasn't raised in SF or even in CA nor live there now. Your fixation on trans people or men dressing in drag, is not related to the topic of this thread.
As for older vehicles, which is the topic of this thread, I drive a 13 yr old car, and I plan to keep driving my car for as long as possible, hopefully 7 more years. I don't expect to be prevented from having my vehicle fixed as needed, whether it's 15 yrs old or more. If *you* want to live in fear of that occurring, that's your right...have at it! I don't believe that will be a thing I need to contend with.
They already are - 3D scanning & printing is already a common way to "source" hard to find interior parts and many other components can be 3D printed with carbon reinforced filament, making them suitable for high temp/shock applications.
3D printers make PLASTIC things. Most auto parts are made of metal.
There are metal 3D printers, but they are very expensive.
Though, a 3D printer can be used for creating molds.
There are online services that allow you to load a 3D model for manufacturing using CNC machines. I tried once, they quoted $500 for a small part.
This is laying the groundwork for getting rid of gasoline cars. The leftists have already anticipated the fact that a whole industry of refurbishment of old gas cars will rise up as an answer to government mandated EV new car sales. They have to get the old cars off the road to do this.
It may work in Europe but here in America whole states and regions would refuse to comply. This kind of law is only possible in blue leftist states.
Wasn't raised in SF or even in CA nor live there now. Your fixation on trans people or men dressing in drag, is not related to the topic of this thread.
As for older vehicles, which is the topic of this thread, I drive a 13 yr old car, and I plan to keep driving my car for as long as possible, hopefully 7 more years. I don't expect to be prevented from having my vehicle fixed as needed, whether it's 15 yrs old or more. If *you* want to live in fear of that occurring, that's your right...have at it! I don't believe that will be a thing I need to contend with.
And if you want to live in your little box with your head in the sand, that's your right.
No one is living in "fear" that's just some projecting you are doing. But we have seen time and time again things that "would never happen"..."happen". We have also seen things proposed, brought out in the light, and then being pulled back. If things like this are not exposed, it makes it easier for them to just happen and you wake up one day finding that your 13-year-old car is no longer allowed to be driven.
I am almost positive that there would be exceptions for EXPENSIVE classic cars more than 25 years old that only the rich can afford.
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Men dressed up in female garb and costumes don't bother me in the least! And, as long as their reading to children is both age and *child content appropriate,* with no material about gender or sex, then no big deal.
