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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Where did you get that idea? Maybe things were different in Poland, but back in the '60s and '70s, it was unusual to see a car over 10 years old, or with more than 100K miles on it.
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I got it from a car mechanic, iirc.
Things may have been different in Poland, since industries function differently in a socialist economy. Also, it shouldn't be a surprise that the expected lifetime of cars was getting shorter earlier in the US, since that is where
planned obsolescence came from in the first place.
Now, this may be a total coincidence, but I remember not too long ago that cars had a 10 to 12 year warranty for the chassis, now they boast about 7 years...
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