[mehrzad]

You're right that cars are more reliable today but I follow a lot of mechanics on YouTube (Car Wizard, Kilmer, etc) who say that cars were easier to work on back then. These days (at least in the luxury segment) there are a lot of electronic components that can only be repaired by the OEM. We are also in a strange transitional period with the addition of auto start-stop, hybrid engines, etc that also complicate the car.

[wnevets]

> You're right that cars are more reliable today

even that is changing according to youtubers like Kilmer. IIRC he has lambasted his favorite car maker Toyota for having a lower quality today than years past.

[boznz]

New cars are based on black boxes that need to be coded to work together so if they break it is generally the authorised repair shop or the scrapyard.. So sad :-(