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Same or worse in the UK and we are taxed on our fuel plus we pay road tax (road fund licence)
Where does the money go
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Probably need an engineer's report firstWhy won't we take care of what we already have? View attachment 115922View attachment 115923View attachment 115924
The standing water causes crazy traffic jams when it rains. Or when snow melts. Or when snow melts then re-freezes.
But we can't clean the drains.
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Oh, and the trucks all have to be 3/4 ton, big V-8 engine, one occupant and a white hard hat laying on the passenger side. The back never sees a load greater than a couple of safety cones.
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Coz there’s no headline grabbing virtue signalling points to be gained in the execution of good asset maintenance …
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Don't forget the crew-cab one ton, the clam-shell digger truck, the dump truck, the Scorpion crash barrier truck, the State law mandated State Police detail....
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Jeeeeeeez
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Because maintenance is not a thing anymore for anything. Repair isn't either. Because it is cheaper to toss and make a new one. Because you don't need so many workers who will require the full medical, unemployment and union work rules and pay. Sure the workers will vote
but the contracts for the trucks will get you campaign contributions and
with money you can buy votes.
You could have bought a Honda instead of a Norton. For many of the same reasons.
but the contracts for the trucks will get you campaign contributions and
with money you can buy votes.
You could have bought a Honda instead of a Norton. For many of the same reasons.
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Get yerself a Silveradoo and you can haul the Titanic.....get yerself a Ford and you'll be in Gatlinburg....a lot
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Now that I handed off my 2004 Silverado 1500 with the V-6, I'm not so sure it will EVER get to 250,000 miles.
I had 236,500 when I gave it to her, and she's already trashed the side of the bed against a Whataburger driveway bollard...
...it was so nice and clean...
I had 236,500 when I gave it to her, and she's already trashed the side of the bed against a Whataburger driveway bollard...
...it was so nice and clean...
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Very good Point.
Maintenance is not a thing anymore, we live in a Disposable Society.
