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It was entirely because people didn’t expect those cars to make it to 100k miles. The engineering and tolerances on an 80’s/90’s car just isn’t as good as a mo
by SkyPuncher 2y ago
It was entirely because people didn’t expect those cars to make it to 100k miles.
The engineering and tolerances on an 80’s/90’s car just isn’t as good as a modern car. That lead to a lot of premature failures on major components.
- analog31 2y agoHondas and Toyotas from that era easily surpassed 100k miles. I owned one.
- bravetraveler 2y agoModern cars certainly have improvements in those areas; I'm not dismissing that. Just... the engineering and tolerances didn't 'have' to be as good. The performance numbers weren't nearly as good - that afforded a lot. They were primitive, and if the manufacturer chose it to be, robust as a result. The alternative was cheap. Like the Death Star meme, every mechanical thing has a weak point. Well-designed cars put the stuff that breaks in cheap consumable parts in an easy to reach place. That last piece can have more impact on the price of a repair than the part itself