Just found out that my current car will die any day now due to a known defect. It’s out of warranty and I have no money to replace it right now.

I’ve been cursed with car problems my whole life, no matter how well I take care of them, I keep getting screwed.

All of the cars have been Fords because I always heard they were generally dependable and cheap to repair/upkeep, but so far they have all failed me.

What cars do y’all recommend? What cars do you have that just won’t give up the ghost no matter how old/beat up they get? If your life depended on your car lasting as long as possible, what car would you drive?

I want whatever car I get next to last me 10-20 years. I want to be that person posting a picture of the odometer hitting 300k miles. I also don’t care much about features, reliability is key.

  • raven [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    The problem with the computer parts is that they’re closed sourced and tivo-ized. Computers could be as flexible and tractable as mechanical parts.

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        1 year ago

        And if there’s some issue of people making modifications to that code that should reasonably be illegal, that part could be made read-only. I can’t off the top of my head imagine what people would want to modify but shouldn’t but if it became a problem it would be easy to fix.

        • ElRenosaurusReg [fae/faer, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          1 year ago

          For me, I’d edit things like timing as well as whether a given cylinder/rotor is actively firing based on engine load, disabling cylinders under low load (eg: already at speed, idling) to improve fuel efficiency and maximize power output for a given amount of fuel based on load and whatever the task at hand is (eg hauling loads, hauling ass, or gentle driving)

          Edited: I was really tired when I typed this and missed a couple very important words.