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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by Neikius on Monday June 30, 2025 @06:44AM (#44421637)
Fully agree with what you are saying.

I do have some beef with the prices of these electronic gadgets in the car. 300€ price for a new sensor or something similar? Sensor costs are usually a single digit or below. Somehow vendors found a way to inflate that price and this is destroying the repairability.

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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by BanterTrouble on Monday June 30, 2025 @07:03AM (#44421780)
With the prices of sensors, I was astonished and I thought the garage was having me on. I looked up the prices online and the garage weren't taking the mickey (it was withing 10-15% of what they quoted me).
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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by reliabilityguy on Monday June 30, 2025 @09:18AM (#44422947)
Car manufactures make probably more money on parts than selling new cars
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Re:Why the $25,000 car is going extinct by throwaway173738 on Monday June 30, 2025 @09:43AM (#44423181)
They do. But they make even more on interest from financing. And interest depends on the price you pay, so cheap cars cut into their profits.
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