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by Tenobrus 2159 days ago
Why does your argument not show that cars would have a similar lifetime?
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It shows that cars can never reach the pricepoint of a bike for the same lifetime, because the increased number of failure points require an increased level of quality of each part to yield the same lifetime.
stuff goes wrong with cars all the time. most of it isn't critical to the core function of the machine. cars also undergo routine maintenance where parts are (hopefully) replaced before they fail entirely.