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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•5 months agoThere’s plenty of gas and diesel cars that can also last pretty much forever if we apply the same logic of “having to replace parts doesn’t count”…
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish15•5 months agoMore that “at no time do enough parts start failing often enough that repair ceases being cost-effective”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoDoes diesels with over a million miles count?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoMaybe. Depends on how often engine is overhauled, what it’s operating environment is and why the vehicle was kept operating for so long.
There’s plenty of gas and diesel cars that can also last pretty much forever if we apply the same logic of “having to replace parts doesn’t count”…
More that “at no time do enough parts start failing often enough that repair ceases being cost-effective”
Does diesels with over a million miles count?
Maybe. Depends on how often engine is overhauled, what it’s operating environment is and why the vehicle was kept operating for so long.