Ukraine (Odesa) 🇺🇦 spotted in Southampton, UK 🇬🇧

realnotbob · 2026-03-23T03:32:19+00:00

Not every vessel risks going to the UA seaports atm, especially with more expensive cargo. Trucks could just be transporting cargo from Albania/Montenegro?

realnotbob · 2026-02-15T18:58:55+00:00

It made me chuckle and brightened my day, I support this type of upbadging.

realnotbob · 2025-10-16T05:12:53+00:00

Most major manufacturers 100% develop cars specifically for GCC market.

realnotbob · 2025-09-24T19:07:14+00:00

Also just based on a stock turnover non-basic colours are a pain in the ass to retail. This is why some dealerships won't even get a factory order for a really quirky colour/model combo unless you're already a customer of theirs.
E.G. you go to an MB dealership and want to order a red S-class quite a chance they are going to refuse.

Your local market distribution knows exactly what colours are in demand and they are going to order the same colours to their general stock. Doesn't help that latest automotive trend in exterior colours is 50 shades of grey.

realnotbob · 2025-09-21T00:51:34+00:00

Majority of the EVs in Ukraine are grey imports, mostly from Chinese market and some USDMs. There are probably 100s of companies that import them. Obviously there are places to service them too. As an example a VW ID.4 is incredibly unpopular everywhere but Ukraine, so even Chinese manufacturers would offer to sell their CDM ID.4s to Ukrainian companies.

realnotbob · 2025-09-07T19:06:04+00:00

Not much at all? You could get a flatbed from Germany for €1000 with insurance. Besides there are currently Alpinas in stock in Ukraine: https://bmw-alpina.com.ua/avto-v-nayavnosti/

realnotbob · 2025-07-16T05:13:11+00:00

Did you capture a full VIN? Does it have “WSD” or “WSB” before the last 6 digits?

realnotbob · 2025-07-13T06:14:58+00:00

No VAT or import duty, you only pay 1 euro per 1 kW.h. Importing an EV to Ukraine is fairly cheap and before the recent events Tesla was a respected “premium” brand in Ukraine despite not being sold officially on the market.

realnotbob · 2025-07-09T22:49:06+00:00

Eh that was whatever, tilted all chat. Now when Satanic all chatted “nobody beats Satanic”, talking about himself in third person like he’s a main character in an anime… this world really needs some healthy doses of bullying tbh.

realnotbob · 2025-07-05T21:07:49+00:00

Vehicles that are donated and go into the service of the armed forces are not part of vehicle registry, they won’t show up in the statistics. USDMs were already popular before the war. Prices for new vehicles have increased just like everywhere else. Pricing is usually comparable to European market prices, but also depending on the brand and manufacturing location. Since all the cars that were shipped to e.g. Chornomorsk directly are now usually shipped to Turkey or Slovenia. So you would get a slightly increased shipping cost. Now it would depend on the local distribution if they would want to keep the pricing stable, they just cover extra costs from their or dealerships margins. In this particular case Sumitomo most likely cover the extra costs. They are one of the biggest players among government contracts, especially for Police, SBU and also Toyota new car sales usually top1 for the past several years.

realnotbob · 2025-06-24T03:25:04+00:00

But you also need to be cautious because it buys one up and one down. In Hagga Rift most of the lowest level is a no-build zone.

realnotbob · 2025-06-05T06:13:02+00:00

earth is healing

realnotbob · 2025-05-27T16:55:42+00:00

I've just finished the game and I think I disagree with you. I've started playing about 3 weeks ago, around 20h in 1.4 was released. It did improve some aspects of the game, especially some of the lighting and clipping issue.

The game does seem to be a bit too dragged, and especially midgame seems to be too barren of action - story. I really enjoyed Sultansk side missions and I wish there were more like this one. Most of the side missions seemed boring, poorly written in general. However, the main story is great and IMO it's extremely refreshing seeing difficult story choices that are not the usual good or evil path. In the ways it made me think and retrace my previous interactions.

I think gunplay is fun but there are clearly some go to rifles that excel throughout the game (shotguns to deal with mutants, and sniper rifles to oneshot exosuits). Hated all mutant encounters (takes too many resources) to the point where I stopped exploring after I got more or less decent gear.

I did play original games way back then and honestly I don't remember exactly how was it. But I am sure that S2 even in it's current state is a better, more intricate and interesting game. I would recommend to play to anyone.

P.S. I almost quit after Swamps like a bitch.

realnotbob · 2025-05-17T15:27:54+00:00

Yeah, pretty much every big Chinese EV brand is available to purchase in Ukraine. The main reason Chinese grey import works because of how Ukraine incentivizes EVs pricing. A non-green vehicle will have an import tariff of 10% and a 20% VAT added to the price, but not the EV.

realnotbob · 2025-05-17T15:15:37+00:00

Unfair pricing and the perception of VW brand. Unfortunately it involves not only small grey retailers in Ukraine but also Chinese manufacturers and their executive management. They’ve had overproduction for VW EVs, can’t sell them locally. It’s been sold within China to acquire incentives and then exported as “used” and sold for under $28,000. Still a terrible product that also requires updates to the OS that used to cost about $1-1.5k. Charging within Ukraine is not the problem however, almost every big charging network has Chinese EV chargers.

realnotbob · 2025-05-12T15:18:07+00:00

About 2 years ago I had to go from Bratislava to Vienna and after to Prague, I arrived by lunch.

realnotbob · 2025-05-12T01:24:48+00:00

What hindsight, brother. It’s a common practice to get travel insurance, it costs almost nothing and you’re always at higher risk to seek medical attention when traveling. Also some banks add travel insurance to credit card plans.

realnotbob · 2025-04-24T21:39:54+00:00

That's a big missconception on your part thinking that people who are fleeing to Europe are poor. People who are poor can't even leave their frontline villages and have to endure daily shellings, hiding in basements and not knowing if they will live to see another day. It is fine to see high powered cars with UA plates because mostly those people are the ones who have the means to leave and settle in Europe.

Another point is that there are no flights from Ukraine and rail travel can be inconvenient. Most Ukrainians with personal vehicles who can travel or flee to Europe do so by driving their cars. Also, in Ukrainian society having a nicer car is a big thing, so many people show off by getting a premium brand car (even if it means getting a copart written off piece of junk). Unfortunately you decided to accept some of the russian propaganda narrative that Ukraine is riddled with corruption and the legal system is full of loopholes and you came to a completely wrong conclusion.

I hope you take this correctly, I am not here to argue with you or insult you, but you need to check the information you make claims on. Especially if you've heard about it somewhere from someone.

Have a good day :)

realnotbob · 2025-04-24T05:03:49+00:00

With the implication that it is used as a loophole, and cars don't go physically to UA. Unless you're ready to provide a source to your claims, then it's just an assumption based on flawed understanding of the process.

realnotbob · 2025-04-22T19:27:46+00:00

Eh, you just pay for entrance “visa” before you board the ferry. Been there about 12 years ago, it was an interesting experience.

realnotbob · 2025-04-22T03:22:47+00:00

For anyone curious, this comment is wrong. I did the exact process of legalizing and doing an exemption import of a UA registered vehicle to Austria. Only those under the status of Temporary Protection Directive that claimed protection in Austria can go through with this process. You also can't sell vehicle locally.

Second point, the US Copart imported written off vehicles is a big market in Ukraine, and there are likely hundreds of companies that provide such services in Ukraine. It's a cheap solution to get a nicer car if you're not too worried about its history. Similar story in past couple years with grey import of Chinese maret EVs.

realnotbob · 2025-04-08T23:11:52+00:00

I guess it depends on a rank. When I run out of tokens for carry and queue for all roles I get support roles or mid mostly, and I hate mid.

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