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Re:Buy Well. Buy Once by CPLX on Saturday June 10, 2023 @04:36PM (#36274827)
The reliability rankings are determined by surveying people and asking them the frequency of repairs.

Assuming my paper airplane never goes into the shop it’s going to outrank the F-18.

Ain’t a better plane though.

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Re:Buy Well. Buy Once by cookie_monsta on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:04PM (#36276201)
Well, again "better" is subjective and you would want to agree on some metrics before deciding.

Say I wanted a low-cost, lightweight, hand-propelled aircraft capable of flying short distances indoors that I could fold up and put in my pocket afterwards? Which would be the "better" plane then?

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Re:Buy Well. Buy Once by nerdchum on Sunday June 11, 2023 @07:01AM (#36280165)
Better in this case is durability and there's no way of BMW is more durable than a Toyota Corolla and that is objective.
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Re:Buy Well. Buy Once by CPLX on Sunday June 11, 2023 @07:57AM (#36280541)
A brick handily beats both.
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