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Originally Posted by 10"
That's not true at all. Cars if anything are waaaaaay more reliable than they used to be with way more access to repairs than ever. Even parts availability is so easy these days. Older cars literally broke all the time and usually were done by 100k miles. These days 100k miles is considered nothing...
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Agreed. Cost of ownership maintenance does increase as time goes by. While most maintenance is affordable, manufacturers also have parts that fail that end up being more than the value of the car at some point. Some cars fare better than others. A few examples would be K-cars, Yugos and Gremlins. If they were reliable and cheap to maintain, they’d still be on the road. The other issue is parts availability. At some point, manufacturers stop producing parts for cars they no longer build, then you rely on the open market. If there’s no demand, you won’t be finding any parts.
One of the reasons you have almost cult for Jeeps (especially older ones) and Porsches are they either are very reliable and/or their value eclipses any maintenance required.