> The real reason ... driving old cars is because they're easier to modify, easier to maintain, and easier to buy replacement parts for. the real reason is tha

> The real reason ... driving old cars is because they're easier to modify, easier to maintain, and easier to buy replacement parts for. the real reason is that if a manufacturer makes their car same as those repairable, easily maintainable old cars, they will soon lose customers (as they stop needing to buy new ones!). Planned obsolescence out-competes in a market economy that does not have regulation against it, esp. in a saturated market (like the US). The gov't could legislate, but then businesses cry foul - not mention that these manufacturers hang the sword of damocles over the gov't in the form of job losses (but of course, out-sourcing is OK...)