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by simion314 886 days ago
>The downside, other than the obvious maintenance/reliability concerns of an aging vehicle is safety.

New cars appear safer because the scores include stuff that is not directly related with crash safety, so if a car does not have a back camera, or some "active safety" stuff they will get a very low score. but that does not mean that the car is made of paper and you will be less safe in a crash.