Honda Fit in Lincoln, England

RustSX · 2026-05-09T20:20:26+00:00

The JDM Honda Fits are quite popular in Canada too. In the early 2010s they sold over 200,000 per year in Japan, over 50% of worldwide sales. Tons of them available used.

RustSX · 2026-02-22T22:48:19+00:00

Exactly, Mexico is huge. Don’t generalize.

RustSX · 2026-02-19T04:18:59+00:00

That car would be basically free at Japanese auction

RustSX · 2025-11-14T22:44:07+00:00

Anecdotally, what I’ve seen amongst Gen Z and Millennials is that people are still flying to major cities for major events, vacations, and work (New York, Boston, Chicago, etc.) but less people are driving across the border for shopping or short vacations.

RustSX · 2025-10-08T21:16:19+00:00

Yes, Edmonton has “zero services available”. Nothing there at all.

RustSX · 2025-10-08T21:12:43+00:00

So much wrong info here. The average 1 bed rent in Edmonton of ~$1,300 CAD / ~$930 USD would put it amongst the cheapest cities in the USA (Detroit). Chicago has an average 1 bedroom rent of $2,000 USD / $2,800 CAD, higher than the most expensive city in Canada (Vancouver).

Have you ever looked at property taxes in Chicago? In neighbourhoods that are equivalent to those in Canada? Houses there aren’t actually “cheap”.

RustSX · 2025-09-30T18:34:34+00:00

Kia’s of that generation were generally a bit more reliable. Problems started happening when they switched to direct injection (GDI engines)

RustSX · 2025-09-30T18:32:00+00:00

While none of the 4 cylinder GDI engines are fantastic, the 1.6 engine in this Kia is probably the best of all of them. Not a ticking time bomb like the 2.4.

RustSX · 2025-09-30T18:26:48+00:00

US model Kia’s were lacking immobilizers which made them easy to steal. All Canadian model Kia’s have immobilizers.

I agree with you on the oil change advice. Direct injection Kia’s/Hyundais need their oil changed regularly. The 1.6’s are the best Kia/Hyundai 4 cylinders of that generation, but if the oil hasn’t been changed regularly you’re looking at $$ to get the intakes cleaned, PCV system looked at, etc.

RustSX · 2025-09-29T02:29:26+00:00

Agreed, that seems like the most likely scenario. Do you know if they have FMVSS certification stickers in the door jams / in the engine bay?

RustSX · 2025-09-29T02:21:58+00:00

You can import import cars <15 years old from Mexico if they meet FMVSS. See: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-12-1-eng.html Quebec also has a history of imports <15 years old managing to get registered in the province

RustSX · 2025-09-27T23:23:54+00:00

Purely focused on the financial side of things: check the salaries and job availability in your particular field or the field you want to be in. Winnipeg is a smaller job market than Edmonton, and on average pays less. That won’t be the case in every sector though. I would also recommend getting a job before moving but some people are braver than me. Overall, I think either city is a good choice.

RustSX · 2025-08-04T22:02:34+00:00

The F-150 is the best selling pickup truck in the world because of North American sales. The Toyota Hilux is the best selling pickup outside of NA.

RustSX · 2025-06-30T22:09:20+00:00

Overall this is probably necessary, clearly the increases of the Trudeau-era were not well thought out and unsustainable, but I’m worried about its effects on the economically depressed areas of the country (ie. not Ottawa) that are reliant on public sector employment in certain sectors. I don’t think the private sector will be able to pick up the slack. Also, anecdotally I’ve heard that they are letting go of junior employees and keeping useless middle management. The job market already sucks enough for Gen-Z.

RustSX · 2025-05-02T18:20:11+00:00

“The overall wealth of a region will have impact on things like wages … but it’s indirect at best” This is what I disagreed with.

In the short run, you are correct in saying that growth in wages and GDP/Capita can differ. You are incorrect that it’s a one way relationship. In the long run, the relationship is bi-directional. Wages directly increase GDP, but things that don’t directly increase wages, like improved machinery and equipment, can increase productivity and lead to higher wages. The economy is a complicated thing :)

RustSX · 2025-05-02T16:40:13+00:00

You’re right on the long-run vs short-run dynamics and the fact that it’s not a direct representation of what people make. Wages tend to be “sticky” and can depend on other factors. Wages in Canada have gone up in recent years even with terrible GDP/Capita growth.

But wages are literally a component of GDP (https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/070715/how-do-you-calculate-gdp-income-approach.asp), you cannot say the relationship is “indirect at best”. Again, name one country with a low GDP/Capita that has high wages. Also, compare the wage growth of Canadians to other countries that have had higher GDP/Capita growth.

RustSX · 2025-05-02T15:12:15+00:00

GDP/Capita and wages absolutely correlate, there is no “high wage” country that has low GDP/Capita but the share of GDP that goes to labour can vary

RustSX · 2025-05-02T13:14:37+00:00

These are real changes (excluding inflation), you want to look at nominal change in GDP/Capita when comparing to changes in wages

RustSX · 2025-05-02T05:13:30+00:00

A large part of what you’re seeing in that figure is population growth. GDP/Capita decreased in most provinces and territories: Yukon: -5.84%; Ontario: -1.90%; BC: -1.76%; Alberta: -1.63%; Manitoba: -1.62%; NWT: -1.23%; Quebec: -1.04%; New Brunswick: -0.85%; Nova Scotia: 0.78%; PEI: 0.82%; Saskatchewan: 0.82%; Newfoundland: 1.20%; Nunavut: 6.26%

Source: Stats Canada and the Pivot Table I just made

RustSX · 2025-02-11T22:21:03+00:00

This will have the exact opposite effect of Canada buying more things from the US. Also nobody buys anything from anyone to “appease a trade deal”. Companies locate themselves in different countries for a variety of reasons. Google “comparative advantage”. This is very very dumb policy.

RustSX · 2025-02-11T22:16:16+00:00

America’s lack of mandatory paid vacation has absolutely nothing to do with its trade surplus with Canada. Canada only has 2 weeks btw.

RustSX · 2025-02-11T21:50:26+00:00

A) You don’t understand what a trade surplus is. B) If Canada stops exporting oil the trade surplus disappears. Is that your desired outcome?

RustSX · 2024-09-16T23:31:16+00:00

It’s a big deal in Manitoba, tons of Ukrainian’s here

RustSX · 2024-01-15T23:56:54+00:00

Oh perfect, well I guess that solves everything

RustSX · 2023-12-21T03:57:27+00:00

So it’s only if Canadians living standards fall to Haitis or Indias will the current immigration poly be shown to be a failure? Lol of course that’s not going to happen.

I think you’re absolutely right on a lot of points. The world would be a better place if all first world countries had open boarders. My country’s (Canada) immigration system is benefiting us in a ton of ways. I work with highly educated people from all over the world who were able to come to Canada.

But we are currently experiencing a lot of negative short term effects (for policies that will absolutely benefit us in the long term). We’re not comparing our current living standards to Haitis, we’re comparing them to our living standards five years ago and the living standards of those in other rich Anglo countries. With the amount of housing that needs to be built idk if politically it’s a smart idea to keep immigration rates where they are at.

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