re: Car Sales Are Slipping Into Recession-Level Decline

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It ain't helping them that cars last 4-5 times longer than they did 30 years ago.

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This is a small factor, but many car makers have been making long lasting cars since the 80's. It's just taken American manufacturers that long to catch up, but they've mostly been caught up since the early 00's. I've had 2 Fords go well over 200k miles, which would have been unheard of in the 80's.