[pwg]

> new-car-every-three years generation

For that generation, getting that "new car" every three years was mostly a status symbol signalling effect.

[Finnucane]

Yeah, my dad couldn't understand why I kept my first car for ten years. He kept bugging me to trade it in. Even then, I couldn't afford to. But cars do last longer, on average now. Admittedly, the two I had were both Hondas, and they don't die.

[downrightmike]

Don't give Honda ideas