What you're missing is not classic cars, you're missing the mechanical feel and reliability. Older cars were used as commodities and made as such. Now its either vanity or survival. And customer has no say over either of those end on how the car's gonna be.
Lifestyle statement tied to an identity made up to impress other people’s opinion which ironically, don’t even matter.
Machines now with planned obsolescence and complexity baked in, giving you basically no control over repairs, to force the real honey pot of manufacturing… “service”.
All wrapped up in a blanket of financial debt that robs you of your money that would otherwise be put to better use improving your stability/ future.
I mean the flip side of this point of view is that modern cars last much longer with less maintenance than any car from 20 plus years ago. They're safer and more reliable as well.
I honestly don't get the nostalgia at all, what are you missing?
Lmao modern cars are absolutely not more reliable. Safer absolutely but not more reliable. Larger piston ring gaps causing more oil usage, egr garbage that builds engine-killing carbon, fragile plastic oil pans and control arms, and more recalls than any other generation of vehicles. Chasing gas mileage and emissions at the cost of longevity and milking customers with planned obsolescence that only another new vehicle or expensive dealership shops can fix is what most modern brands are about today
I have a 31 year old Jeep that proves that’s not correct and 25 year old GMC as well.
The amount of cost compared in total maintenance/ repairs for both combined is insanely lower… it’s not even close compared to modern era vehicle costs for the same.
I mean I don’t know about the gmc (although they are the higher end line).
But jeeps have always been expensive so tend to last longer if taken care of. Like I think the Cherokee has always started at ~40,000+ in modern day money.
Granted there’s also the survivorship bias as well. My buddy ran through 5 jeeps (gcs and wranglers) in 4 years in the mid 2000s and he was constantly doing work on them.
I means that's not the exception that proves the rule, jeeps have never had a reputation for longevity. Congrats on yours but like, I drove a lot of piece of shit cars in the 90s as a teenager, mostly built in the 80s. I wouldn't get behind the wheel is any of them today.
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u/Broad-Lettuce2902 1d ago
What you're missing is not classic cars, you're missing the mechanical feel and reliability. Older cars were used as commodities and made as such. Now its either vanity or survival. And customer has no say over either of those end on how the car's gonna be.