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joeqsmith:
"What car should I buy?"
First thing I consider, will it get me from A to B reliably. Maybe you have kids and are concerned with safety... Agree, there are so many variables to consider. Same for meters and why I seldom offer advice beyond do your homework.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on July 02, 2023, 03:46:12 pm ---First thing I consider, will it get me from A to B reliably. Maybe you have kids and are concerned with safety...
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I doubt anyone wants an unreliable and dangerous car. But how does one actually determine those things? Just saying "do your homework" isn't very helpful. Suppose I agree and want a safe car (why would I need to have kids to want a safe car...) and I want it to be reliable. What factors are most important in determining what make/model meets my needs? The reputation and historical performance of the manufacturer and perhaps specific model? Insurance instititute or NHTSA ratings and crash tests? Teardowns by Sandy Munro? Opinions by Youtubers? Should I reject an entire brand because they built a particularly unreliable model 40+ years ago? Or because I saw one involved in a fatal accident in the news?
Fungus:
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on July 02, 2023, 03:46:12 pm ---"What car should I buy?"
First thing I consider, will it get me from A to B reliably.
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The biggest factor in long-term car reliability is usually how easy it is for non-qualified people to tinker with it in the name of "improvement". :)
It's not correlated with price. Some of the least reliable cars are made by luxury brands, some of the most reliable are cheap imports.
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: Fungus on July 02, 2023, 05:03:46 pm ---The biggest factor in long-term car reliability is usually how easy it is for non-qualified people to tinker with it in the name of "improvement". :)
It's not correlated with price. Some of the least reliable cars are made by luxury brands, some of the most reliable are cheap imports.
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I'll disagree strongly with your first point and agree with the second, to a point. The most reliable versions don't need improving or tinkering and just because any idiot with a crowbar can get your Lada running again doesn't make it a great car. I recently rode in a rather beat down taxicab that was a Prius V with 354k miles (566,000km) on the odometer. This is actually quite typical and not the first very-high-mileage Prius I've seen. A Prius is not a car that you can do much improvement on or (unqualified) tinkering with. Perhaps you can rebuild the battery packs if you watch a few videos and are somewhat handy.
Fungus:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on July 02, 2023, 05:27:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: Fungus on July 02, 2023, 05:03:46 pm ---The biggest factor in long-term car reliability is usually how easy it is for non-qualified people to tinker with it in the name of "improvement". :)
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I'll disagree strongly with your first point and agree with the second, to a point. The most reliable versions don't need improving or tinkering and just because any idiot with a crowbar can get your Lada running again doesn't make it a great car.
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Oh, I phrased that badly... :-DD
I meant to say tinkering generally makes a car less reliable.
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