1st of all, i still see them driving around periodically, i doubt we will see many 2025 cars still on the road in the year 2062.
But that's not my argument. Im just pointing out that a shade tree mechanic could keep those cars on the road for cheap. Modern cars aren't built like that, they're built to be brought to a specialist and totalled out for insurance.
Unpopular opinion from someone who spent nearly a decade working for one of the world's biggest powertrain development departments:
old cars were actually really terrible and we're all lucky to have modern tech
It's also just an unfair comparison. Old cars hardly had any functionality. They were like small steam trains, except you'd shovel in gasoline instead of coal.
If you cut a modern car down to that primitive state, it would also be easy to repair. But nobody would want it.
Not true. People love light duty trucks and little compact stripped down cars. The manufacturers just can't sell em due to government regulations.
Sure. But that doesn't mean they were made to last. It just means that they were easy to repair. Because of the old tech, they broke more frequently than the newer tech. And things had to be replaced to keep it going.
Most of the old car parts are super rough in terms of precision. It's like how the hinge design has evolved in foldable phones. It's just a matter of better tooling over time creates better products that last longer (if the manufacturer wants it).
But the point is that, it's not because it is old that things were designed to last. A bunch of crap didn't survive.
I just wanna be able to swap the starter or alternator in my own car in a reasonable amount of time with basic tools in my own garage. I don't think that's too much to ask.
What code is easier to debug and fix:
Code written by a 25 year veteran
Code vibed by a kid with some Claude credits
AI code is almost always easier to understand and debug than any human I have worked with.
I hate what this says about the human code you've worked with.
Fair enough. I haven't written much code but I doubt you've done much car repair either. Trust me when I say theyre making it harder to fix your own shit, and I believe theyre doing it on purpose.
