Media trying to scare public into buying new cars

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/ownership/10-car-repair-red-flags-to-watch-out-for-in-older-vehicles/ss-AAupfZz?ocid=spartanntp#image=11

I notice that the estimated cost (even just labor) for most repairs would buy a whole Festiva (or several) in good shape!

[ryanprins13]

Well that was fun. I better maintain my spark plugs tonight so they can last 160,000km...
Some of it was funny, but the whole premise is just wrong. My coworkers with brand new vehicles under warrenty spend $300-750 per oil change. Usually its 300, 500, 700 then repeat. Anything else is on top of that. My employer just spent $1000 on tires for his pickup, I redid front and back brakes on his van and the parts alone were about $600 and he got a good deal.
Things like that remind me how good we have it with festiva parts being so cheap. I have an older (2002) civic which has a massive amount of aftermarket/knockoff parts available and they are still typically double or more what the same part on a festiva is.

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