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Why Your New Car Is Nearly Impossible to Fix (And It’s Getting Worse) (www.carsandhorsepower.com)
submitted 2 days ago by Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The modern automobile is safer, cleaner, more efficient, and more technologically advanced than anything that came before it. Yet those improvements have come at a cost. For many owners, mechanics, and independent repair shops, that cost is repairability.

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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Now there's a job for Doug Ford: to build old-fashioned cars that don't need electronics. According to what I see online, Doug Ford's builders and Doug Ford's buyers would both like that.

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

TBF, almost nobody who buys a BMW has ever even opened their hood. 😉

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How do they refill their oil every 1000 miles without opening the hood?

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[–] crozilla@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago

Just buy a car from a company who pulled out of the American market, like Diahatsu or SAAB or some other. Problem solved. 👍

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