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Originally Posted by zamler
Many people would keep their cars longer if they could but they get too expensive to repair.
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Disagree - people trade their vehicles in long before maintenance costs are an issue. People trade their vehicles in because they want a nice new car. All the software updates in the world, don't fix the doordings, fading paint, rubbed seats, salt damaged floor mats, and other little baubles in a fancy vehicle. If you think someone shelling out $70k+ for a new car is going to drive that thing for 10 years, I disagree as do the car manufactures.
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Originally Posted by zamler
So in conclusion a car that lasts much longer is bad. Odd that Toyota sells so many cars but is the most reliable how does that work?
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Cool - but that's more about marketing than a car lasting 1,000,000 miles. In reality the average age of a vehicle on the road in Canada is less than 10years. Cars from different brands don't really differ in longevity, very few are on the road past 300,000kms.
In fact from a google search the "most reliable" car out there in 2019, the Toyota Avalon had just 2.5% of its vehicles exceeding 300000kms.
And yes a car that lasts 1,000,000kms is bad for the auto industry because it means less vehicles that they sell.
I would love to have an electric car, but until the price to own them over the course of 3-5 years is comparable to ICE, I don't see a reason to purchase one.