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Most machines can last indefinitely with maintenance. The other day I used a printing press that was two hundred years old, was in basically continuous operatio
by pasabagi 4y ago
Most machines can last indefinitely with maintenance. The other day I used a printing press that was two hundred years old, was in basically continuous operation for much of that time, and is still used daily, today.
Cars have two obvious problems from a long-term maintenance standpoint: the steel chasis, which is protected from rust by paint. That will absolutely and inevitably rust. The second is that people don't understand maintenance. They'll happilly sit next to a machine that's screaming audibly for lack of oil, and think nothing of it. That's not something that will get better in the future.
- eldaisfish 4y agoMachines with controlled explosions inside them do not last indefinitely. A printing press and an internal combustion engine are not remotely the same from a maintenance standpoint.
- pasabagi 4y agoYour point seems reasonable, but what's the part that actually breaks? There are lots of examples of ICEs that are over a hundred years old and still in use. Presumably the engine block would work-harden over time, but it's already very hard and brittle, so I don't see what the problem would be there.
- skeletal88 4y agoRust is a major problem for northern countries, cars that would otherwise work ok for long just.. rust through if the body was not properly manufactured