Cars are a bit of an anomalous category here. Driving is a pretty dangerous activity, so it's pretty sensible to give up some reliability & repair-ability in or

Cars are a bit of an anomalous category here. Driving is a pretty dangerous activity, so it's pretty sensible to give up some reliability & repair-ability in order for a safer road-coffin. This is much less true for something like a fridge/thermostat/tractor.