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Originally Posted by Abubaca
Well I'm no modern car expert, but working on them isn't what scares me. It's parts availability. ...and potentially worse would be a perceived lack of value because of it. Could you imagine having 25 year 6th gen, in pristine condition, low mileage, and some electronic part goes out that can't be replaced? I don't see why that's not very real possibility!
Now sure....own it, drive it, worry about all this later. I get it. Cars aren't good long term investments. But still....this is something I think about with a modern car.
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Assuming someone will program it for you, they are also probably enough 6th Gens in the junkyard for you to just swap it out.
Also, I can't see why electronics would randomly fail on a low mileage car that's driven semi-regularly and stored properly for winter. These things are usually solid-state so vibrations, etc. shouldn't wear them as much as they do to mechanical parts.
Again, it's just tradeoff. The things modern cars are capable of are due to these electronics. That's just how it is.
It's like comparing those brick Nokias to modern smartphones. Yeah, those bricks are indestructible but about the only things you can do is call, text, and maybe play Snakes(ah the nostalgia). Modern smartphones don't really last all that long(planned obsolescence doesn't help) but you can do more with them.