This conversation occurs because I was with my mechanic this morning. Sam, my mechanic on the farm, was bitching that new cars were not as reliable as old cars.
what amazes me in his comment, was that the reality is otherwise. I remember my first jaguar. It was always broken, it was unreliable gas guzzler that cost a fortune. I remember, that I had owned the car for nearly 2 months when it decided it no longer started. No reason, the battery was fine, it just would not work. The Jaguar mechanic eventually found that the starter was broken. On a two month old car.
i’ve owned my current Toyota for nearly a year. It replaced an ancient, and reliable Land Rover, that unfortunately suffered from a broken axle, and severe rust. It was already 50 years old. Granted the Land Rover required, continual assistance, it had a carburetor, that needed to be checked every so often. The Toyota, a 2024 model, has required a single oil change. Every morning, I use the damn thing, and not once has it letting me down. Every single button in the truck functions just fine.
now that’s my personal experience, but my wife owns a 12 year old Lexus. Total maintenance cost, two sets of brakes. Tires, two, and that’s it. So when my mechanic tell me that new cars are crap, unreliable, and always breaking down, I take it with a massive grain of salt.
Cars today are reliable, cheap to run, and start every time
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