Yeah, that and new vehicles are bullshit.
My current car doesnât have a touch screen or an app, my climate controls arenât buried three submenus deep, nothing in it is a subscription, and it doesnât spy on me. I donât want a new car with the way theyâre making them now.
All of this and repairability. Given enough time, I could repair everything on my car. Newer cars throw up as many barriers to that as possible.
Hopefully you wonât run into the problem I had with my older car- parts availability. Itâs only going to get worse as cars get older. Especially with the electronics.
The oldest car Iâve dailied was a Honda CRX that was just shy of 20 years old when I sold it. Supply was getting sparse on the ground, but I could get even some rare, single-model-year, variant-specific parts from the dealership parts counter until right around the end of my ownership.
Currently Iâm driving a 17-year-old Fit and honestly, Iâm not too worried. Even if I canât get something new, itâs right about in the sweet spot for junkyard availability.