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Re:Feds asks Tesla to recall vehicles over failing touchscre... by sn_master on Thursday January 14, 2021 @07:34AM (#25775612)
Average for modern cars is 20+ years, hence the 2021 change in odometer reporting regulations. It used to be 10 years before that based on older studies.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/odometer-disclosure-req...

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Re:Feds asks Tesla to recall vehicles over failing touchscre... by creeble on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:51PM (#25782298)
Your reference does not actually state anything about the average life of cars, just that reporting mileage is required for cars up to 20 years old.

20 x 13500 is 270k. I don't think that's average.

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm

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Re:Feds asks Tesla to recall vehicles over failing touchscre... by sn_master on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:08PM (#25782562)
Sorry about that. This is a more relevant link about the odometer ruling change with the actual statistics:

https://dmvnv.com/news/20023-new-odometer-rules.htm

"The average age of a vehicle in the U.S. is now almost 12 years, up from 7.6 years when the odometer rules were last changed in 1988."

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