> People used to buy a car with the expectation it last 20-30 years I can't speak about all people, in all time periods, but most people in the 1960s/70s in th

> People used to buy a car with the expectation it last 20-30 years I can't speak about all people, in all time periods, but most people in the 1960s/70s in the USA were thinking about keeping their cars for 10 years maximum. Cars were dizzyingly cheap in those days, and a highschool student could work part-time during a single summer and buy a new sports car. To me, the only thing that has changed between now and then is the price of vehicles, not the expectation that they're disposable.