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Originally Posted by TexasAndrew
Just a disgusted point of view of the current automotive industry. Every singe manufacture designs their vehicles to last exactly 100k miles. Never mind an overwhelming complexity on both the user side and mechanic side, with exponentially more expensive parts.
What I will concede is that a modern car is much safer than their older counter parts.
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The old cars could never make it to 100K miles without an engine rebuild, plus had no or very little warranty.
The added complexity in new cars is because of ongoing stricter emission standards by our government and the wants of consumers (yuppies) for more high tech in order to stay competitive in sales.
My two cents, Sal