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well 30yr ago people had a clue how to maintain a vehicle. now days they just drive until something breaks. if you notice most people now days cant even rotate tires. old vehicles are no better than newer ones. its the people driving them thats the differenceI think all the newer trucks and cars from 2000 on are not built very well anymore. I have older cars and an older Jeep, 1994 with the 4.0L. Jeep has 325,000 miles on it. Basic things like alternator and starter replacement and battery. Now I need to replace engine mounts. At 325,000 miles, well expected. I did have that cracked manifold issue, - hairline cracks that don't really see until failed CA smog. New manifold and she runs again. I always heard that Dodge/RAM made good engines, but the rest questionable. And the Toyota are living off their previous reputation in my opinion. All the manufacturers are designing for the vehicles to die at certain mileages due to costs cutting. It astounds me for the costs of New trucks.
I am looking for a used truck to carry a camper or to tow a TT. But just concerned what is out there these days.
Partly false. LolIt all in how a vehicle is built and then maintained by its owner(s) in its usable lifetime. It's amazing how many vehicles are not maintained or taken care of in today society as if it's broken throw it away or pawn it off on someone else.
As parts and mechanics prices keep going up you will see more disposable vehicles
There is no fixing the new ones. Yes you can do the basics, but when it comes down to all the glitches and stuff it has to go to a pro. I really think GM with the LS motors is where it became any performance things could be done, but the tuning etc was now all on a computer. I built 5.0 mustangs until the last year in 95 and they were fairly simple. The 89-93 cars were super simple. Id buy this idle air adapter and it basically allowed me to tune the car to what ever I wanted to throw at it big cams etc and it tuned like a carb. I miss those days. Yes there was mega squirt, and now we have Holley terminator x which has me looking for another fox just to play around with it.Partly false. Lol
If we can’t do maintenance on our own, we can have it done. In may early cars, 60s and seventies, repairs and diagnosing was fairly simple. Screwdrivers, wrenches and socket set could fix almost anything. Now you need a computer. I leave repairs to the pro now. Except oil changes, I do my own oil changes. Or at least I did until I dislocated my shoulder. Hasn’t healed right.
It was a nice shift from I'd never buy a car with an oil filter nonsense. No need to filter oil if you're changing it like you should. It will hid damage! It's another spot to leak (catastrophic leaks, no one cared about a little leaking).The elephant in the room on what can or can't be fixed is that when I was a child transistors were beginning to appear in cars and all the old guys would insufferably go on and on about how you can't fix them and you need to have points ignition because all those super frequent times when you find yourself in a post apocalyptic wasteland you can make your own condenser out of some tinfoil and doritos bags.
The fellow at my local walmart didnt know how to rotate tires.But it is walmart tho. lol.I gave him a no pun intended "crash" course in tire rotating! Lolwell 30yr ago people had a clue how to maintain a vehicle. now days they just drive until something breaks. if you notice most people now days cant even rotate tires. old vehicles are no better than newer ones. its the people driving them thats the difference
In all fairness as you mentioned, they are ‘Highway’ tires.On mine they still can't get the trailer reverse steering control to work. And they've tried several times. And I go back next week for them to try again. I've got 22,000 trouble free miles otherwise. And I forgot, the OEM highway tires really stink off road. And in the snow. They were so bad I had them replaced at 20,000 miles....
It's SUCH a friggin lemon.
Anyone need a set of half warn highway tires?
I purchase my tires at Discount Tires, so I get free rotations done every 6mo, so really, there's no excuse for people not getting tires rotated.The fellow at my local walmart didnt know how to rotate tires.But it is walmart tho. lol.I gave him a no pun intended "crash" course in tire rotating! Lol
Absolutely.In all fairness as you mentioned, they are ‘Highway’ tires.