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Cars are much more reliable now than they were in the 1970s, and they can drive more miles. They have to because services are distributed and it's super expens

• vermilingua 5y ago
  Do you have any sources for that claim? Anecdotally I believe that to be entirely false, but if there are studies you’ve read that back you up I’d love to read them.
  • ghaff 5y ago
    Here is one JD Power survey although you'd probably have to dig to find numbers over a longer period of time. In my experience, it's clearly true overall. In the 1970s, say, you're probably looking at a car in the snow belt lasting 5 years because of rust and 100,000 miles was generally considered very high mileage.
    • greedo 5y ago
      That's because the majority of cars bought in the snow belt during the 70's were American made, and US car quality was terrible during this period.
      • ghaff 5y ago
        My family tended to have European cars and they were just as bad.