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Traditional cars degrade quite a bit while sitting for years. Components get rusted, essential rubber belts crack, ignition system degrades. These can add u
by fooker 5y ago
Traditional cars degrade quite a bit while sitting for years.
Components get rusted, essential rubber belts crack, ignition system degrades.
These can add up to a lot of money.
- ragingrobot 5y ago> essential rubber belts crack Any soft material degrades, and probably faster than most people think, only a few months. Oil pan gaskets, brake seals, injector o-rings, you name it. Modern cars probably suffer less, but it still happens. I have a 30 year old pony car that I only get to take out once every few months due to lack of time. Every time I do get the chance to take it out, something fails due to that lack of use.
- porknubbins 5y agoLots can go wrong unpredictably or fail over time but that is not the same as the way a chemical battery degrades (roughly) linearly. If I let my car sit for 5 years my experience is you can’t really predict what needs to be relaced (besides wear items like tires, battery etc).