No I don’t but realistically how many cars get rebuilt engines these days?
One other bit of evidence: the average age of cars on the road has hit an ALL TIME HIGH at 10.8 years.
Cars (and engines) are lasting longer than ever.
Rebuilding engines is hot business nowadays as it costs far less to rebuild ‘em than buy new. There are three companies right here in Riverside area that are going night and day rebuilding engines. I have several friends also rebuilding engines as a “hobby”.
Cars as a rule of thumb are lasting longer yes. I have two 13 year old cars, and an eleven year old car. None have been rebuilt at this point, and won’t be at our expense as SAAB cars aren’t being built anymore, and parts are already becoming scarce. We’ll be going to FORD when we need to replace these.
I agree with you that ethanol is not ruining car engines, but the ethanol requirements are distorting the food and energy markets. Of course, government regulations always do that; this reg is particularly damaging, though.