We bought a Kenmore Washer and Dryer back in 1988 when we bought our first house. Both survived three moves and six months in storage. The dryer finally gave up the ghost a few years ago, and we replaced it with a Piece of Excrement Whirlpool whose heating core went out in under two years. After the service call etc we would have been better off buying a new dryer (I could not convince my wife of this). The washer is still hanging in, and we will continue to use it until it dies.
I hate having to replace my older appliances. The stuff made 20 years ago is so much better quality than what I can get now days. I still have my 16 year old mower, and I plan to fix it even though we bought a replacement mower. I just don’t think the replacement is going to last very long.
Agreed. Bought our first washer and dryer back in 1986 and now purchased new ones a couple weeks ago. Hubby is reluctant to hook the new ones up because the old ones are still going strong. Our lawnmower is about 20 years old. Hubby’s car is a 1984 model. Quality workmanship is hard to find and it’s handy that hubby can fix almost anything mechanical.
I bought a new Kenmore set in 1996 and had to replace the first part a little over a year later on the washer. It seemed like we were placing somethign every eyar so when it finally went out and the pump was gone 4 years ago last december (almost 5 now) we decided to replace it. At the time I did not know that Kenmore and Whirlpool were made by the same people or I’d probably not bought it. My sister owns an LG and she has had really bad luck with it. It’s broke down nearly every year since she bought it and the bad part for her is that few repair people know how to work on the brand so repairs take a long time.