[tashoecraft]

Except being made well isn't the only criteria. From what I understand, speed queen uses so much water compared to a more modern machine that you could buy a new machine on the cost savings.

There are a multitude of reasons, companies no longer make products to last. Watch videos where they dissect products, you'll find machines are designed to fail after a certain amount of time. Motors that only contain a certain amount of oil and cannot be serviced.

[throwaway0a5e]

You wind up double and triple washing things with the new machine in order to get equivalent cleanliness to an old style machine.