Actually a lot of cars are built to run for 500k now. The problem is that normal maintenance and repair to achieve it has gone through the roof. Its not a 150 dollar job to replace an alternator anymore. Its 800. Its a thousand dollars for a set of tires. Its 1500 bucks to replace suspension arms. The cost of maintenance if you pay someone else is astronomical and no one does their own work anymore.
We used to repair our own shit. Now we dont, and because we dont the car companies dont take self repair into account when designing these cars, making it even harder to repair, driving the cost of professional repair even higher and the likelihood of self repair even lower.
like the u/Butttoucha9k said, you have to learn what you're doing.
a big job like an engine? ask around at the autoparts store. some farmer probably has a side hustle and can help you out.
fluids, tires, brakes, lights, alternators, belts, etc? youtube and an autoparts store will give you all the info you need. hell, half the time, one of the guys will help you if it's something simple like a battery or a blown taillight. and I'm not even talking mom and pop. i'm talking oreillys or autozone.
keep in mind, i'm not a car guy at all. i appreciate them immensely, but i'm more familiar with the guts of a computer than the guts of a car, and i still do most of my own maintenance.
Guess she doesn't remember cash for clunkers.
Or how nearly every car is built to collapse at 100k miles. These arent the builds from the 70s-90s
Actually a lot of cars are built to run for 500k now. The problem is that normal maintenance and repair to achieve it has gone through the roof. Its not a 150 dollar job to replace an alternator anymore. Its 800. Its a thousand dollars for a set of tires. Its 1500 bucks to replace suspension arms. The cost of maintenance if you pay someone else is astronomical and no one does their own work anymore.
We used to repair our own shit. Now we dont, and because we dont the car companies dont take self repair into account when designing these cars, making it even harder to repair, driving the cost of professional repair even higher and the likelihood of self repair even lower.
I’m not a car person and I don’t feel comfortable doing repairs that might kill me or my family if I do them wrong.
like the u/Butttoucha9k said, you have to learn what you're doing.
a big job like an engine? ask around at the autoparts store. some farmer probably has a side hustle and can help you out.
fluids, tires, brakes, lights, alternators, belts, etc? youtube and an autoparts store will give you all the info you need. hell, half the time, one of the guys will help you if it's something simple like a battery or a blown taillight. and I'm not even talking mom and pop. i'm talking oreillys or autozone.
keep in mind, i'm not a car guy at all. i appreciate them immensely, but i'm more familiar with the guts of a computer than the guts of a car, and i still do most of my own maintenance.