[_DeadFred_]

I can get to work with oil leaks and burning oil.

The argument that cars weren't more affordable is that... cars were replaced much more often? Meaning people could afford to replace them with new ones more often?

[insane_dreamer]

> The argument that cars weren't more affordable is that... cars were replaced much more often?

nobody was making that argument

cars weren't replaced more often; people drove the same car for longer than they do now, in part because they more easily repairable