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Silly point when you consider that manufacturers love the fact that an ICE vehicle has to go into the garage for new parts every few months
by simmerup 3y ago
Silly point when you consider that manufacturers love the fact that an ICE vehicle has to go into the garage for new parts every few months
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- twh270 3y agoHyperbolic bull*it. Modern ICE cars regularly run for tens of thousands of miles with nothing more than an oil change.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoThis point seems overrated. Service on a modern ICE car is pretty minimal, and I don't see it as something manufacturers really care about. Maybe dealerships, perhaps.
- huytersd 3y agoRecommended maintenance is every six months. That’s considerable and really only applicable to new cars.
- rascul 3y agoThat is not normal in my experience.
- vasdae 3y agoThis is the kind of thing that people here in HN believe? No wonder you're looking forward to electrics then.
- huytersd 3y agoAlmost everyone has an ICE vehicle. There no reason to “believe” anything.
- Glyptodon 3y agoI've needed about 2 repairs on my 13 year old ICE vehicle over those 13 years, and one was under warranty. I think it'll need some more work soon, but still, it's not a lot of repairs.
- BeetleB 3y agoAs I posted elsewhere, I've always tracked my expenses. From 2011 to 2018, I spent about $2300 on maintenance and repairs. That's parts, labor and oil changes. And it was a 2003 car, so fairly old. Look up reliable cars. Buy them used. It's much cheaper. I have the numbers going back to 2007.
- FireBeyond 3y ago"new parts every few months"? Come on now. Hell, I bought a new high performance vehicle. Drove it up to the dealership for its 5k oil change. They could easily have said "sure, no problem" and charged me $150ish for the privilege. "Sir, unless you've been tracking the car and driving it very hard, 10K is the oil change interval. Sorry you wasted your trip". In your world, they would have taken my money.