Message from @LOGiK
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There isnt a whole lot of hard data on car reliability. Best you have is iffy af surveys
well that's because reliability can often be highly subjective
owners and how they treat their vehicles contribute to failure rates
and it's very hard to adequately monitor that
but in general, the old hilux, a bunch of 80s and early 90s benzes, late 90s jap N/A 4cyls are all ridiculously reliable
like, terrifyingly so
but there's also basically nothing to actually go wrong on them
And there are engines, newer ones, where this remains the case
See the vortec 6
the newer vehicles are so loaded down with craptastic bullshit that tons of shit can just die
Toyota 4.0
Etc
Emissions is undoubtedly to blame for much of it
Easiest to see with the big truck diesels actually
well yes and no, it's also safety, it's also bullshit features nobody really needs
Rock solid reliable until 2007. Then instant shit
They are only now getting reliable again
But that people want
Thats the important thing
Markets follow demand
information failure on the part of the average consumer
Depends on how much they value reliability, too
Not all busted things make a car inoperable
no, but they may make it unsafe or unsellable
But this is turning into another rabbit hole
especially with the cost of repairs to dumb stuff like ABS often exceeding the value of the car for ~10 year old vehicles
and ABS is literally a feature for retards who don't know how to use their brakes in poor conditions
K
some years ago I had to break a jag because the ABS failed, with working ABS the car was worth maybe 2k, the replacement unit was something like 800 at the time and the car was worth 1800 in parts
so ultimately cars are taken off the road because of bullshit features that people who know how to drive don't need, it's wasteful
Best build
...wait did i post this already?
yeah, I wasn't a fan really but to each their own
more suvs just what the world needs...
Well it is clearly what the world _wants_
VW group makes bank on these things
Hell, porsche had their highest profit margins ever just a few years ago because of the Cayenne and Macan
sad