• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Turns out, if you’re an asshole to everyone, you start getting treated like an asshole.

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    17 hours ago

    So as an American, are there any hoops I have to jump through to buy one of these? Besides, you know, going to Canada…

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      17 hours ago

      Not certified for the US, won’t be able to be imported to the US. You can stand at the the border with your face against the glass and wish you were Canadian.

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          11 hours ago

          looks at our existent (but remarkably shitty) healthcare system, the insane costs of living even when forgoing any sibilance of happiness, and the fact that we were gonna slide into fascism too if it weren’t for the USA doing it first Yeah, better look somewhere else, I’m afraid…

          • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Just gotta find somewhere without institutionalized greed…

            What’s the cheapest you think an island could go for? The US will take it from me and use it to test bombs for funzies at some point, but I could be a little less stressed until then.

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      14 hours ago

      Maybe wait 20 years , figure out what loophole allowed a handful of Kei trucks to be imported.

      At that point even 20 year old car tech might be more advanced than what we’d be saddled with

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        It’s not a loophole. You are permitted to import kei trucks >=25 years old.

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          The loophole is that “antiques” are exempted from safety regulations.

          I thought I remembered seeing something about an explicit ban a year or so, but trying to find it I see state level registration bans

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    16 hours ago

    Good. Let’s see them release an anti-Chevy truck and an Anti-Ford truck, so Canadians can give this shithole a proper “what-fer”.

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    14 hours ago

    Google finds a lot of responses saying it has generally been possible

    1. You need to provide evidence that the vehicle meets U.S. federal safety and emissions standards.
    2. But safety and emissions standards have generally been harmonized between us and Canada.

    So you can currently buy a car in Canada for the us because passing Canadian requires is proof that it satisfies American requirements. Protectionism does not currently matter but you’d need to cover tariffs. Maybe that will remain true, at least temporarily