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What Cars do You Swear By? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] dog_@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

To be honest, even though you brought up them and the car thefts, the car thefts are what ruined Hyundai Motor Group for me. Their lack of caring about the safety of others and their lack of spending a couple more dollars to put in immobilizers means more to me than them being "dependable." Their vehicles looked cool, but they ruined their chance with me as a potential customer. The way Hyundai Motor Group has been handling the situation has been a complete pigsty and everything else after that means nothing to me as a consumer. They could have the best safety/longevity, but at what cost? ~~Thousands~~ Tens of innocent lives being taken because they were too cheap to put in immobilizers? Cars can be replaced. Humans cannot.

Edit (September 6th, 2023): Made a correction. At the time of this correction, according to a user below this conversation, there have only been 8 deaths. That's still 8 deaths too many in my honest opinion.

[–] PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Maybe I missed something, but how have thousands of lives been lost due to this?

[–] dog_@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

People stealing cars and crashing into people, houses, etc.

[–] PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well the good news is it hasn't been anywhere near thousands of deaths. Everywhere I've looked says "at least 8" have been killed. Bad news is that is still way too many.

One source

[–] dog_@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Appreciate the correction. Thank you.