[1Old Pro]

The cars have gotten way too expensive to fix and they are built not to last. So much for technology making these things cheaper and better.

[NorthMountain]

Toyota.

Mazda.

Honda.

100,000 miles is just getting started.

[Mariner]

“they are built not to last”

New vehicles last far, far longer the the vehicles of yesteryear.

250,000 miles is routine.

When I was growing up, 100,000 was unusual.

[Drew68]

The cars have gotten way too expensive to fix and they are built not to last. So much for technology making these things cheaper and better.

I realize here on FR we're mostly a gaggle of old men yelling at clouds who believe every car should have an inline-six, a manual five speed, and roll-up windows, but Americans tend to like bells and whistles and don't want to drive the same car for more than 3-4 years before trading it in on something newer with even more bells and whistles.

Sure, I'm perfectly happy with my 10-y/o Tacoma (paid off) but my wife, on the other hand, likes new cars. And she loves warning beeps, rear-view cameras, tire pressure monitoring systems, and all the safety doodads and whatnot.

She likely represents the norm.

[Red6]

I think a good number of people are catching on.

Tech is supposed to give me some added benefit.

But the only added benefit I see is blinkly lights.

These cars are getting stupid. There are often less reliable than their preceding models, harder to work on...