Usually the older ones are easier to fix. It's never going to be new of course, and even stuff like the insulation will be degrading with time. I'd argue that

Usually the older ones are easier to fix. It's never going to be new of course, and even stuff like the insulation will be degrading with time. I'd argue that in general, refrigerators are one of the few devices that came out of the energy efficiency mandates as better products.