Europe used to be Russia’s largest trading partner before the sanctions. The US won’t be able to bail them out.

One word: Stellantis. Dodge and Jeep must be in a close race to being their most unreliable brand.

I actually kinda like the looks of this generation of Jetta, but catching on fire and exploding has to be up there for worst car experiences lol

It’s too heavy to ever get replaced. It’ll still be there after the house is long gone.

You didn’t miss it, it’s a 1991 W124.

Haha no worries - the spring looks like this when it’s installed:

There is a lot of stress on the upper part because the entire weight of the car is resting on the springs. So over the years, cracks can form in the welds that attach the mount to the frame and moisture gets in and rust starts to form without being immediately visible. I just removed the underbody coating to treat the rust spots I could see, but it seems I was too late - it’s already rusted through.

Thank you, though I think I’ll leave this one to the professionals. My guess is that a crack formed along the side of the mount and the previous owner just welded a piece on top. You can kind of see the spots in a few places. There was zero thought put into conserving the metal below, so it just kept rusting from the inside.

it looked fine but couldn’t keep the wheels straight

Damn, that’s pretty advanced rust. What happened to the Mazda?

I think I got lucky, it seems that there’s enough material left to patch up the frame and weld a new spring mount on. The car is pretty solid otherwise but discovering this was not exactly a good feeling after driving it at 180 km/h on the Autobahn just the week before.

Ironically the cheapest car I ever bought was also the most reliable I’ve ever had. It was a 2002 Mitsubishi Colt/Mirage (not the ugly one) for just 200 Euros. Still miss it.

You got it. It’s the front right spring mount.

Damn, that’s a long-ass nail. Was the rim not damaged at all? I’ve seen one get impaled from a metal rod on the highway, it went all the way through but the chances are probably lower if you’re not going that fast.

As a European, the whole registering to vote thing is honestly one of the wildest parts of the US elections to me. It’s so unnecessary complicated and prone to errors/manipulation. I just have to show up with my ID, doesn’t matter if it’s for the EU parliament or the local city senate.

Damn I had no idea the Galant had such a bad rep in the US…

Why? I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone hate on station wagons.

And Puma is such a sporty sounding name too. And it ends up as yet another bland crossover.

I’d love for the Galant to make a comeback. Such an underrated car.

This is me waiting for the new Mafia installment

Your files are not lost. You will be able to access them with your local root user, either through the command line or a GUI file explorer that supports actions as root.

Isn’t "Open"AI already a for-profit company in everything except their name?

I’m pretty tall, so the logical choice would be Tom Cruise on 12 inch heels.