Today's Car Won't Last! How Cheap Parts are Killing Cars!

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• BU

  @bush_wookie_9606 · 1 year ago

  I'm a mechanic and seriously dreading buying a newer car, there's nothing that's remotely reliable anymore. Everything is junk.

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• DJ

  @DJdoppIer · 1 year ago

  As someone who works in the automotive field with executives, suppliers, designers, and engineers, I couldn't agree more. I have been in meetings where grown-ass men that make WAY more than me (probably mid 6-figures + bonuses) are bitching over a $0.10 / part price change due to a last-minute issue with a manufacturing process. I've seen engineers get chewed out for not being able to defy physics to satisfy a designer's "vision". I've overheard a QC manager get into a screaming match with a tooling Rep over machining issues. I've watched a supplier on a Teams meeting back out of multi-million dollar contract because an executive refused to give them a reasonable deadline. The "cheapness" goes all the way to the top and it's killing the entire industry, with the consumers being the ultimate victim.

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• MA

  @markconley9279 · 1 year ago

  Hey, don’t insult Lego. It’s a much better plastic than what comes in a car.

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• DK

  @dk2428 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Unfortunately, every word in this video is spot on. I've been driving late 90's early 2000's cars since forever and I absolutely dread retiring my trusty 29yr old SAAB. I don't need 20 fckn touch screens and 1.2L lawnmower engines. I need sturdy physical buttons, analog dials and at a 3.0L engine that'll go at least half a million km's.

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• GR

  @gretalaube91 · 1 year ago

  Old man here. I saw a similar thing happen to consumer electronics. I worked in repair, and saw "repairable, parts available" turn slowly into "disposable, parts NLA". Cars seem to be on the same trajectory.

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• SE

  @Seventizz · 1 year ago

  As most SUVs can't be off-roaded, they're basically minivans with more doors.  I will never think otherwise.

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• VI

  @VincentBurrows-ks6ke · 1 year ago

  the quality has been engineered out of todays new cars, wet cam belts, plastic timing chain guides,plastic water pumps,all garbage

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• JD

  @jdf9456 · 1 year ago

  America will ultimately end up like Cuba, everyone driving 30+ year old classic cars

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• EB

  @ebwholesaler · 1 year ago (edited)

  OLD DAYS:<br>10,000 $ lasts 40 years<br>NOWADAYS:<br>40,000 $ lasts 10 years<br><br>We have 16 times less for our money...

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• TO

  @toothdecay2465 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I used to tutor English in Taiwan, and one of my students was an engineer. He worked for a fab that produced printed circuit boards for the automotive industry. He told me that there wouldn&apos;t be classic cars from this era the way there was in the past. Modern cars rely heavily on electronics. The substrates in their boards will eventually corrode and there won&apos;t be fabs producing obsolete components, so supplies for replacements will dry up. Modern cars will eventually be bricked by their electronics.

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• JO

  @JoeFpoc · 1 year ago

  I was a mechanic from about 2000 to 2015. I learned later in my career that i wont ever buy anything new. I bought a 1990 Silverado 15 years ago for 300 bucks and still driving it. Never had a single issue with it that wasn’t related to rust like fuel lines, brake lines etc. i also know that if anything does go wrong with it i can swap out the parts cheap and easy. My heatercore even has a access panel

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• RO

  @RockyMotoX · 1 year ago

  1995-2005 is the sweet spot for Toyotas, give ot take a year or two on either end. This was the era when legendary Toyota durability was cemented.

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