Are Cars Harder to Fix? Are They Designed To Die After Warranty? Do They Have Built in Obsolescence?
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Do modern cars have built in obsolescence to make us buy new cars or spend our money on repairs? They don't make them like they used to, but is that a good thing? Are cars really built to fail & die after the warranty has expired? Are cars really harder to fix and repair?
Let's deep dive into the progress or potential lack of it when it comes to car technology and how easy it is to fix cars.
Were cars more reliable? What has improved over the years? Would you go back to older cars or are you happy with newer models?
Please let me know in the comments section what your thoughts are on this debate and if I've missed anything out in this video.
What was your first car and would you happily own one again? If not why not?
We look at some of the improvements that manufacturers have made over the years, many of which were to meet emissions regulations, but the upside is that cars are more efficient than ever and we get more power from every drop of fuel compared to 40 years ago.
Cars are very complex though, but with OBDII ports diagnoses can be simpler if you know what you are doing and where to look.
Many assert you need computer skills to properly care for a modern car, so is this progress or a step backwards?
Are cars more powerful and more reliable than they used to be? Let's look at some stats so we can compare.
At least the modern car is often able to give you a clue as to which system has failed or is causing a problem, whereas years ago we had to check each part of the combustion process from fuel and air to spark before we could diagnose the problems and often fixes would be temporary at best.
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Downsides outweigh the upsides, kinda leads me in a way that I generally wouldn t recommend any car produced later than 2016-17...not just for the maintenance but also for privacy and or ease of use/ to fix. I just hesitated and no, don t wanna go there, do what you like and feel free to believe that it s all for the good despite strong evidence against that, so yeah go check out electronic issues, privacy concerns with cars constantly monitoring you and the consequences etc. Oh yeah in simple terms, what a great progress that you consume 0,2l less per 100km if you then have to spend twice the amount on maintenance or get rid of the car earlier...making it necessary to go for the staggering costs of producing something new (in terms or raw costs, CO2 or whatever). But yeah whatever, I m sure some ChatGpt or Android Auto implementation or a coked up engine is totally worth it... next up: the EV faction on a lease agreement speaking up coz they couldn t afford the outrageous sales prices finding it fine that cars they have on a 3 year lease barely break even CO2 wise after 120-150k kms whilst being voluntarily surveilled the whole time (yeah guess, what if you charge your EV with a card, that tells a lot about u and it s not just that but hey, ignorance is bliss I guess...). Just whatever...
if you're speaking to the masses, remember how many eagerly strapped on face diapers for 2+ yrs for the "greater good"...
In KSA owners manual recommended oil change every 5k km
2015 Camry
I have a 2014 Jetta TDi and I’ve done the maintenance and mechanical so far. Changed the timing belt and water pump. Did some suspension work also.
it´s so easy: in a profit related world, you only do more profit, when you sell more. If you are manufactoring products long lasting, at some point you are selling not as much, as at the beginning. This does understand a 12 year old.
to argue things get complexer is a little bit poor ... yes everything gets complexer, but that´s no reason for engine damages under 80k miles, broken plastic parts after 3 or 4 years, etc. VW produces a 176kW bi-turbo-4-cylinder engine that "by design" does last longer than 80k miles. I know from first hand, that Skoda told a manufacturer of plastic parts to choose a specific ratio of raw material (which was more expensive, than manufacturer adviced to use) just sell more of that plastic parts, cause they brake easier after years.
until a car isn´t that complex as a human body, there is no reason for damages or brake downs and a car should last as long as a human body.
it´s profit baby :-)
Mk 4 tdi and 1.8t jettas are my 2 cars. Turned up and maintained. I dislike complexity.
Bro: talks about modern car lights - proceeds to show an old BMW😂
It's just common sense, the more things added to cars the more things there are to go wrong.
rhetorical question
I think that mid 2000’s saw the last of the best.