re: Cheapest Car Brands to Maintain long term according to Consumer Reports

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Buick beat out Toyota?

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Here was the explanation I was told by a service advisor about Buicks being so reliable. Old people drive Buicks. Old people don’t care if the iTunes app or other modern entertainment options work or not. They don’t care if the remote start does not work. They don’t care about the 16 way adjustable memory position seats work They don’t use those feature so they have no reported problems.

Younger people use all those features and bring it in for service when they don’t work or can’t get it to work. This adds to the service cost of the vehicles.

Similar to the Mercedes reliability issues from the past. They were putting in every imaginable stupid option and feature. There was just so much extra stuff to break compared to most other cars.