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Re:Tesla: Recalled touchscreens were meant to only last 5-6 ... by userbinator on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:30PM (#26051150)
The fact that newer cars are more complex and seemingly expected to have a shorter life has lead to an odd situation where parts availability and price may actually be far better for older cars than newer ones, especially due to the aftermarket.
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Re:Tesla: Recalled touchscreens were meant to only last 5-6 ... by moocow01 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @08:24PM (#26051779)
Is this true? From my memory, many car brands were only good for 100-150k miles when I was a kid. Now it seems like just about all cars made in the last decade are expected to be viable to 200-300k miles
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Re:Tesla: Recalled touchscreens were meant to only last 5-6 ... by blacklion on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:00AM (#26055838)
It is funny, how here in Russia there are a lot of talks that modern engines need rebuild after 100K-150K of KILOMETER (not miles), we could not buy car with "million-worth" engine anymore!

It is very common view, that modern cars are much more safe, comfortable, ecologically sane, faster, and even reliable in first 1-2 years, than old ones, but they will break up and require very expensive repair (engine re-sleeving or re-boring with full rebuild) much, much sooner than older ones.

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Re:Tesla: Recalled touchscreens were meant to only last 5-6 ... by fomine3 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @10:50PM (#26060567)
Possibly social pressure for environment (fuel efficiency, exhaust regulation) affects the reliability. For example, some cars now uses 0W-8 oil.
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Re:Tesla: Recalled touchscreens were meant to only last 5-6 ... by blacklion on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:34AM (#26091343)
Yep, it is understandable.

What is interesting to me, that USA users write about new cars that they expect 150K+ miles from them and it was not so in the past. Completely opposite to what users think here.

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