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> A headlight-leveling servo can last the lifetime of the vehicle. Not everything is a Chrysler. Everything can last the life of the vehicle. If you have 10,00
by Hizonner 2y ago
> A headlight-leveling servo can last the lifetime of the vehicle. Not everything is a Chrysler.
Everything can last the life of the vehicle. If you have 10,000 parts, each of which can last the life of the vehicle, there is epsilon chance that all of them will last the life of the vehicle.
- kazinator 2y agoIf at any point in time t all the parts of the car have lasted so far, that point t is not yet the end of the life of the vehicle. The end of life occurs when a certain subset of the parts have failed, such that it's not economic to replace or repair those parts (except for a retro fanatic who does that because they love that car, which may even be valuable as a collector's item). It's worth mentioning that a gasoline car made with perpetual, indestructible parts will be end-of-lifed when the infrastructure disappears: it cannot be gassed up anywhere. We can regard gasoline as a part that's always requiring periodic replacement. If that's not available, the car is toast.