• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    how tf are these things insurable, or even in compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards?

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      16 days ago

      how tf are these things insurable

      That’s the neat part, they aren’t.

      or even in compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards?

      Because American standards only focus on the safety of those inside the vehicle, they also assume that the manufacturers make the frame out of something at least a little stronger than wet tissue paper.

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          16 days ago

          To be fair, if I spent 60% of a house on such a useless vehicle, then I would probably need a lot of support too.

          (In case the link expires, it links to a real estate listing costing 243,500 CAD or 171,000 USD. Meaning that the Swastdumpster would cost 58.4% of a rather nice house located here)

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            16 days ago

            Wow Calgary has gotten expensive. I would just move to BC at that price lol