Enshitification.
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M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 month ago
This is why used cars are so dang expensive, it seems like automobile quality has been in a free fall since 2008. The end user experience gets worse while the price goes up.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Love my 2013 Honda. Haven’t driven anything newer
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 month ago
That’s newer then I would go but yeah at least Honda seems to be behind on the complete shit curve.
jmf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Early 2000s jap cars are unkillable, surplus of parts, and are not tracker spyware nests. Great little things for sure. My 90s turboed volvo is a far more temperamental beast, but I cherish her quirks :)
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Right now my car is an 84. With a back up 86 truck. I used to have a 2011 subaru, but hit an prairie antelope with it. If I had my pick I think 1990-2008 Japanese cars are the sweet spot.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Aren’t those older cars absolute death traps in collisions compared to the newer ones?
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 month ago
No, The issue is with conceptions of auto safety becoming a selling point. For example look at the single biggest invention in reducing crash fatality? You would think maybe airbags, seat belts or ABS brakes… But nope, collapsible steering columns. But we are now sold “death proof” SUVs that are not really safer, in some ways worse. The issue is that safety devices have a diminishing return but fear is a great selling point, I would say there are old things that are death traps (like square body chevys) and things like volvos that I would say are to this day built safer then new cars. If we look at the data for auto fatalities per capita we can see that car safety has not had some magical jump since the late 80s but a more expected gradual change.
As a side note I do and have done a lot of driving and from what I have seen in the last 20 plus years is a slide into cars that are:
At the end of the day I would rather drive a car that I can see out of and has a degree of safety devices (seat belts, collapsible steering column, working brakes) then something that is built like a living room on low profile tires that I will at some point crash. Bonus points if it does not explode or catch fire easily (think pintos or teslas).