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> "I will probably ve sticking with my Subaru and get my wife (who is looking for a new car after hers died) an early 00s vehicle that I can still repair for le
by pwaivers 8y ago
> "I will probably ve sticking with my Subaru and get my wife (who is looking for a new car after hers died) an early 00s vehicle that I can still repair for less than ridiculous prices."
A simple counter-argument is that an early 00s vehicle will break a lot more than a newer car. So even if you can fix it yourself or repairs are cheaper (which is questionable), a new car would break down a lot less often.
- andrew_ 8y agoA counter argument to your counter argument, in point of example would be any Land Rover / Range Rover vehicle. If you've owned one, then you know - at a certain point they start falling apart. It doesn't matter what model year they are. On the whole, it's a certainty (with some rare outliers that run forever). The newer model years have considerably worse repairability. I'm lucky in that my 2012 is still relatively easy to work on. Repairing older model years _tends_ to be cheaper as there are more surplus parts as more vehicles are retired. I've never lived in a county that didn't have several junkyards. Reliability, repairability, and durability varies greatly by year, make, and model. Newer model years do not mean that all three factors always improve, and frequently mean that some or all of those factors regress. JD Power, Consumer Reports et al run yearly technical reports on nearly every vehicle out there if you're curious.
- magduf 8y agoLand Rover has a long reputation for being unreliable, so that's not a very good argument. If you want reliable, buy a Japanese brand, not a British one.