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Old 08-30-2014, 11:34 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I agree with you in that cars can and often do last longer now. The ones that were made in the '80s and 90's were often well designed and usually not overly complicated to work on.

But the things that go wrong nowadays with a car are often no longer simple to fix. Crappy electronics, codes being set that are hard to resolve, and bad sensors come to mind. When the cost of repair exceeds the cost of keeping any vehicle, it often gets sold as a used PITA with problems that are not easily resolved.
Yes, and the cars being made these days are rolling computers... The techs and engineers need to practically have an IT degree to work on them. I got out of the industry when the Prius came out. I'd take my 1992 Paseo to work on any day. I could get the engine out in 30min when I needed to. Swapped the whole thing in 3hrs once!
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