Why Luxury Cars are Designed to be Unreliable
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Date: 2019-05-28
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Chris Montes
Find a car with a low depreciation and high lease cash back and lease a car like you would a cell phone. No car now a days is worth purchasing. Even the Honda and Toyotas have problems. Cars were much simpler back in the day and cheap to repair. You could keep them for 10 to 15 years. Try that now with a modern car with LED headlights. Adaptive cruise control. Brake assist. Blind spot monitoring. Keep lane assist. Fancy 9 speed transmissions. Turbos that wear down the engine A hundred independent computers. Adjustable suspension. Fancy infotainment systems. All these things will cost thousands of dollars to repair when they brake and break they will. The days of buying a new car and keeping it for any length of time are over Even Lexus and Toyota have issues now a days. To much technology but what do you want. If you really want reliable transportation then ride a horse.
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Find a car with a low depreciation and high lease cash back and lease a car like you would a cell phone. No car now a days is worth purchasing. Even the Honda and Toyotas have problems. Cars were much simpler back in the day and cheap to repair. You could keep them for 10 to 15 years. Try that now with a modern car with LED headlights. Adaptive cruise control. Brake assist. Blind spot monitoring. Keep lane assist. Fancy 9 speed transmissions. Turbos that wear down the engine A hundred independent computers. Adjustable suspension. Fancy infotainment systems. All these things will cost thousands of dollars to repair when they brake and break they will. The days of buying a new car and keeping it for any length of time are over Even Lexus and Toyota have issues now a days. To much technology but what do you want. If you really want reliable transportation then ride a horse.
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MortimerEsq
Steve Jobs grew up when car manufacturers were at the height of practicing planned obsolescence. He liked the concept so much he implemented it into Apple products. Thats why you saw iPhones debut with a fixed battery and without user-expandable memory. (A battery degrades about 10% a year, which motivates an iPhone user to buy a new iPhone every two or three years. Statistically, when an iPhones memory is at capacity, users will delete pics and video, but eventually tire of this and simply buy a new iPhone to get increased memory/storage. Additionally, Apple slow drips features, functionality, and power to stimulate, almost by rote, users to upgrade his or her phone every year or two. This all started with Jobs liking Detroits planned obsolescence business model.
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Steve Jobs grew up when car manufacturers were at the height of practicing planned obsolescence. He liked the concept so much he implemented it into Apple products. Thats why you saw iPhones debut with a fixed battery and without user-expandable memory. (A battery degrades about 10% a year, which motivates an iPhone user to buy a new iPhone every two or three years. Statistically, when an iPhones memory is at capacity, users will delete pics and video, but eventually tire of this and simply buy a new iPhone to get increased memory/storage. Additionally, Apple slow drips features, functionality, and power to stimulate, almost by rote, users to upgrade his or her phone every year or two. This all started with Jobs liking Detroits planned obsolescence business model.
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Einar Benedetti Rosenqvist
I am 79. Have had 50 different cars. I own a 93 300 SE Mercedes (W140, very well kept. I bougt it relatively cheap more than 7 years ago with 120, 000 miles (195. 000 km). Up to that year Mercedes made good cars. But the threat of cheaper and excellent Japanese luxury cars as Lexus and Infinity, made them fire the best engineers (Chief Engineer Wolfgang Peter: the best or nothing. The business people took control of the Company, and they have even been investigated for unfair competition. My car is in the limit. It has a lot of modern equipmen that is prone to fail. My experience is exactly as you explain, and the logic they use is exactly as you say.
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I am 79. Have had 50 different cars. I own a 93 300 SE Mercedes (W140, very well kept. I bougt it relatively cheap more than 7 years ago with 120, 000 miles (195. 000 km). Up to that year Mercedes made good cars. But the threat of cheaper and excellent Japanese luxury cars as Lexus and Infinity, made them fire the best engineers (Chief Engineer Wolfgang Peter: the best or nothing. The business people took control of the Company, and they have even been investigated for unfair competition. My car is in the limit. It has a lot of modern equipmen that is prone to fail. My experience is exactly as you explain, and the logic they use is exactly as you say.
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Shaun Hayes
Hey Scotty what do you think about that past 3, 000 mile oil change I think even though you have the best oil and filter going 5, 000 or even up to 10, 000 miles that some oils say you can do but I think as soon as it starts getting dirty the little parts of dirt and metal filings are still going through the motor so I think as soon as it starts getting dirty no matter what oil and filter you have if you care about your motor it should never go past 3, 000 miles especially a car with a turbo or supercharger and or lot of stop and go driving and short trips Do you agree with me Scotty? Im a mechanic with 25 years experience
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Hey Scotty what do you think about that past 3, 000 mile oil change I think even though you have the best oil and filter going 5, 000 or even up to 10, 000 miles that some oils say you can do but I think as soon as it starts getting dirty the little parts of dirt and metal filings are still going through the motor so I think as soon as it starts getting dirty no matter what oil and filter you have if you care about your motor it should never go past 3, 000 miles especially a car with a turbo or supercharger and or lot of stop and go driving and short trips Do you agree with me Scotty? Im a mechanic with 25 years experience
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g robert aguilar
Your AK example misses the point: will it shoot all muddy? Maybe, but accurate it aint. By your rational as long as a car starts ok. But as you rattle down the road you get what you pay for. All you people who think cars will just run forever and never break are delusional. If you cant afford to MAINTAIN an expensive car dont buy it. No car is perfect. Nothing made by man lasts forever. What appliance, phone, compter, etc etc does anyone own that lasts forever. Planned obsolescence is what ALL manufacturers strive for. Making stuff to last an owners life time has not been a thing since WWII.
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Your AK example misses the point: will it shoot all muddy? Maybe, but accurate it aint. By your rational as long as a car starts ok. But as you rattle down the road you get what you pay for. All you people who think cars will just run forever and never break are delusional. If you cant afford to MAINTAIN an expensive car dont buy it. No car is perfect. Nothing made by man lasts forever. What appliance, phone, compter, etc etc does anyone own that lasts forever. Planned obsolescence is what ALL manufacturers strive for. Making stuff to last an owners life time has not been a thing since WWII.
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RU55ELLglenn
Hi Scotty There is a car brand in Europe that Ive been waiting to reach the US market. The one Im talking about is Skoda. I know they are volkswagens bargain subsidiary but they are really reliable, have the option to change their car design away from mainstream vw lineup similarity. Especially the Skoda Superb, its the kind of car America needed, it has a superb space inside this medium saloon. They have a few new crossover suv models nowadays and one of them is Jeremy Clarksons favourite. Every time I get across the pond i try to find a rental car which is a Skoda but its still not there yet.
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Hi Scotty There is a car brand in Europe that Ive been waiting to reach the US market. The one Im talking about is Skoda. I know they are volkswagens bargain subsidiary but they are really reliable, have the option to change their car design away from mainstream vw lineup similarity. Especially the Skoda Superb, its the kind of car America needed, it has a superb space inside this medium saloon. They have a few new crossover suv models nowadays and one of them is Jeremy Clarksons favourite. Every time I get across the pond i try to find a rental car which is a Skoda but its still not there yet.
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Sterling Paul
Scott is right that most luxury cars can be problematic. I recommend checking Consumer Reports for end of generation models. For instance the 2015 BMW 5 series beats all the luxury cars including the Japanese models for reliability. These companies push out a bunch of new tech at the beginning of the generation and in some cases they perfect the technology by the end of the generation but not always. Thats right BMW can beat the Japanese companies if they want to. The new Toyota Supra has a BMW engine for instance. You just have to do your research.
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Scott is right that most luxury cars can be problematic. I recommend checking Consumer Reports for end of generation models. For instance the 2015 BMW 5 series beats all the luxury cars including the Japanese models for reliability. These companies push out a bunch of new tech at the beginning of the generation and in some cases they perfect the technology by the end of the generation but not always. Thats right BMW can beat the Japanese companies if they want to. The new Toyota Supra has a BMW engine for instance. You just have to do your research.
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LVNA lvnacanada
I bought a 2002 Audi A6 to replace the 2012 Hyundai Veloster that I lost in an accident. Worst decision I have even made in my life to be honest. The Hyundai could be just a Hyundai, but it was a thousand times more reliable than that piece of German crap. Quite a Saint Josephs type of car (from the house to the shop, and from the shop to the house. I have been in Canada for about 10 years and I truly wish we had Renault, Peugeot or Seat. Those cars will last me at least two decades and would be really cheap to fix and maintain.
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I bought a 2002 Audi A6 to replace the 2012 Hyundai Veloster that I lost in an accident. Worst decision I have even made in my life to be honest. The Hyundai could be just a Hyundai, but it was a thousand times more reliable than that piece of German crap. Quite a Saint Josephs type of car (from the house to the shop, and from the shop to the house. I have been in Canada for about 10 years and I truly wish we had Renault, Peugeot or Seat. Those cars will last me at least two decades and would be really cheap to fix and maintain.
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Joel Spivak
My Fiat is a luxury car Rides like a dream ( a nightmare) has the softest suspension( held together with bubble gum) has 3 zone A//C and heat( my dog farting. has a deluxe sound system radio( plays only Mario Lanza records from 60 yrs ago) goes from 0-60 in 3 seconds( accelerator got stuck to the floor)purrs like a kitten( cat got stuck under the hood) when on the highway, you can barely hear the engine( fell out 2 miles back) great trade in value( traded it for a Matchbox toy)
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My Fiat is a luxury car Rides like a dream ( a nightmare) has the softest suspension( held together with bubble gum) has 3 zone A//C and heat( my dog farting. has a deluxe sound system radio( plays only Mario Lanza records from 60 yrs ago) goes from 0-60 in 3 seconds( accelerator got stuck to the floor)purrs like a kitten( cat got stuck under the hood) when on the highway, you can barely hear the engine( fell out 2 miles back) great trade in value( traded it for a Matchbox toy)
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