Sure there is more to it, endless payments, lots of molded plastic and an engine they don’t want touched, tampered with, or altered etc. In fact doing that in many cases is illegal. They’re becoming a sealed unit where at the end of it’s life, just throw the damn thing away, like an old computer. Ya think you’re going to see all these late model cars that look like shoes in say 30 or 40 years, like an old Chevys or Fords?
Think again.
“They’re becoming a sealed unit where at the end of it’s life, just throw the damn thing away, like an old computer. Ya “
Most people don’t touch their ‘sealed units’ because they last so long.
And, there is a better supply of aftermarket performance parts now than ‘30 or 40’ years ago.
CAI, intake manifolds, exhaust systems, cams, tunes.