#2 is why I would never ever buy a lease return performance car.

 

#1 depends on the car and extent of the rust damage
#2 depends on the make/model and cost to replace the engine
#3 probably accurate, unless it's a true performance (on or off road) vehicle, and maybe it forces the owner to take the next step in a one-off frame
#4 meh.....
#5 is far easier than #2 to resolve..... a head gasket job on many vehicles is actually an inexpensive fix
#6 is yet to be seen truly how often this is happening or will happen (and it will)
#7 I sort of disagree - while it hugely varies in terms of labor of replacement - the only increase in cost vs a clutch job is just the cost of the transmission. Could be expensive, yes, but in many cases it isn't.
#8 is just bullshit. If an ecu goes bad - sure, it may affect other areas, but unlike "brain cancer", replacement is easy and the "tumor" is resolved
#9 meh....
#1 0 is ridiculous

The real "killers" of most cars is:
1) people wanting more than they need
2) people thinking 100k miles is "a lot of miles" and unreliable
3) people thinking anything older than 5 years old is "too old" and unreliable
4) bad drivers
5) people getting bored with the same car


A lot of the items on the list can be fixed easily or prevented by someone who takes just a little bit of time to understand basic maintenance of their vehicle.

 

Many of these articles are clickbait...not surprised who falls for them.

 

It probably is more of a checklist to used car shoppers. #1 and #3 many would not check this out, especially the undercarriage. Have you ever wondered why used cars on a new car dealers lot are "squeezed" in together, not just to deter thieves?

 

I suspect articles like these are written by people who are too inept to change their own oil.

 

Seem to me the car companies all came together and wrote that article. "If one thing breaks or goes wrong, buy a whole new car!"

Yeah. There is a point to throw in the towel. Just have to weigh the pros and cons. :wiggle: For an example, would you fix up Saturn or a Saab?

 

: For an example, would you fix up Saturn or a Saab?

Again, it all depends.

Me personally a Saab.... absolutely not.

A Saturn - if I was rolling pennies because I was extremely broke and I was driving a Saturn that suddenly blew an engine.... yeah, I'd buy another wrecked/shitty Saturn for a few hundred bucks (or even source a $200 engine) and swap the engine in 1/2 a day to stay on the road, getting lower 30 mpg....

That's the kind of car you have just to go from A to B.... and if something goes wrong, they're everywhere in the junkyards and being parted out everywhere

 

There's so many variables its hard to just see it as black and white. Some people might. Some people lease cause they feel they would spend more on a car with repairs or maintenance here and there. Which is false. Spend more with leasing overall. Plus why would you rent a car for 2 or 3 years? UGH!!!! Horrible!


Some people get a new car after their first one is paid off. Its like they can't deal with the fact that they will have to put money into it. Ironically payments on a depreciating car isn't helping either. Idk.


I can obviously see if its a money pit but with the consumer culture and gotta buy new, people feel obligated to always buy new. Or not fix a well working car just needs some TLC. Of course some are more concerned with image etc so they insist on getting a new car or staying with newer cars.

 

The one about a bad smell reminded me of a time I rented a car back east that stunk overpoweringly of vomit. Someone obviously blew chow in that car and people eight miles away could have smelled it, yet those morons still tried to inflict it on somebody. When I went back to the counter to ask for another car they acted like what was the big deal, so I took them outside, they smelled it, and gave me another car without question. :disappoin

 

I know the practice, they're merely hoping they can somehow rent it to someone, preferably if they drop it somewhere else. Basically to avoid getting the car sent to professional detailing. Why? Mainly because the branch assumes that cost(unlike cigarette smoke which we can charge the customer) and at the same time the manager is likely being paid by how many cars they rent, a car sitting at detailing is losing money. 95% of the time it fails and straight to detailing it goes.