Eli5: why do many many cars don’t last for a lifetime?
In: Engineering
There’s a sweet spot where cars are about as durable as the amount of time before a major collision is likely to happen that will total a car. No point making a super durable super expensive car that will last forever if theres a major chance itll get totalled in a crash in the first couple decades
That being said, apart from frame damage, virtually every part of a car can be repaired and replaced, since almost every part is a wear part. You can keep a car going as long as you want if it doesn’t get wrecked, as long as you pay for it.
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