[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Have a forty year old Maytag. Over it's life probably haven't spent over $200 in parts and maintenance. Now on it's last legs. Fast forward to these days. My brother's Maytag started rusting around the detergent fill after only 3 years. My neighbor has to do major maintenance to his Maytag every couple of years. They aren't what they used to be.

[21twelve]

Got rid of our old washer and drier 6 months ago. The washer was still okay, but the drier motor was shot. After 20 years and relatively low prices (economy and all) figured to buy new. A few cheap self-repairs sure kept the old guys running over the years.

I don’t see that happening on my new front-end loaders. Lots of expensive and complicated stuff it seems like. I hear that the HE detergent is also required as the regular soap somehow gets into the seals with the bearings and can ruin them. I hope I can get 5 years out of them (Whirpool Duet) before they go bad.