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Counter point, I drove a new German car and had the turbo blow up (this was an "economy" car) within 4,000 miles. I still loved that car, but ICE engines have
by pnpnp 3y ago
Counter point, I drove a new German car and had the turbo blow up (this was an "economy" car) within 4,000 miles. I still loved that car, but ICE engines have an order of magnitude more points of failure.
- borissk 3y agoTrue, but car industry has an order of magnitude more experience making ICE engines and turbo blow up on a new car is extremely rare. Doesn't really matter, obviously EVs are the future.
- pnpnp 3y agoThis thought just came to me, but industrial electric motors have been around a loooong time. I think the growing pains we are seeing is that new companies are trying to build cars, and don’t have the experience of traditional automakers. There’s a heck of a lot of institutional knowledge that goes into integrating all the components of a car. The newcomers have simplified a lot of it, but are definitely hitting some of the stumbling blocks of old.
- jerrysievert 3y agoI had my first two engines on my current car (2007, current engine 2013) replaced before finally having a reliable car (manufacturer paid for both replacements after noting there were defects and not anything I had done). some times stuff is just borked up until a certain point and some of us get unlucky with the quicker to die versions. sucks, but we need to look at the averages, not the outliers. * editing to add that I would still recommend my car make and model, because it's just so damned awesome, but I would hate for others to go through what I went through.