Considering yiu still have shit like, fir example, the million mile toyota tundra, cars are at worst just as reliable.

Depending on mfg

very few modern engines are able to be non interference because of efficiency requirements

I wouldnt call a modern fca car more reliable...

I'm not sure if any regular cars on sale are non interference actually

Well, it seems the conversation won't be fruitful and is just some more competitive pissing, so w/e

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Most arguments about reliablity become that, really

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

because they don't realise the cost of the features is reduced reliability

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyj3zBf2bk

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