re: New cars, once part of the American dream, now out of reach for many

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With a good set of tools, YouTube and a little patience you would be surprised how much you can fix on your own.

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This is another reason the current trend has been toward electric vehicles. The people in power have created a disposable economy. Keeping money circulating has been the goal. If everyone was responsible with their money and things were built to last (or at least relatively easily repaired) then the economy would slow down.

Tangent: That's why I find it ironic with all of these new "high efficiency" standards on appliances. These things break - a lot. Dumps are filling with plenty of "high efficiency" appliances. Disposal of electric components is worse for the environment too.

If the goal was to make a cleaner environment, these standards are failing the world. Not that any politician gives a shite. They choose what standards to measure and report on.

Sorry for the digression.
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But yeah, if you are mechanically inclined, you probably should fix as many things as you can. It will serve you well in the future. When, things like batteries will become harder to get a hold of. (When, China owns pretty much all of the rare earth materials.)