18th Dec 2018, 23:07

Replying to a comment that is nearly 6 years old, one would think that you are trying to reignite the good ol'e old vs. new topic. Is it worth it? It may be fun for you, but does get old and boring for the "cue commenters". Whatever that means.

Sure modern vehicles have their perks if that's what you are after, but if you feel that after a few years and around 140,000 (sometimes less than that) miles that it's logical to sink thousands of dollars or more than what the car is worth to repair "those electronic thingies" or to consult your owners manual to try to figure out how to operate things that were once simple, be my guest.

18th Dec 2018, 23:22

We currently own a modern Buick LaCrosse. Amazingly it’s being dropped. However... The interior quality, leather quality, heads up display instrumentation, molded curved dash, blue LED interior lighting lane avoidance, and sound system in my opinion are just as nice as a late model Jag. Seating is more comfortable than the Audi Q5. 28 MPG average. Only pointing it out as it’s displayed. Fuel economy wasn’t ever an issue with us anyway; it’s more the comfort with nice handling. If you want to do a time warp, I thought the early 70s Buick 455 boat tail Riviera had exceptional comfort as well when new. Far exceeding the established interstate national speed limits at the time. Another was a new Grand Prix SJ, as long as you are comparing that era. Rode like a dream. No comparison to Toyota. At the time you needed very deep pockets to afford these GMs new. But worth it for comfort and performance. They were easily ticket prone as they really excelled on the open highways. The Centurion I personally never cared for.

20th Dec 2018, 22:37

Yep, old cars did have some reliability issues. Transmission, blown head gasket, air conditioning and whatever else you wanna say was a nuisance.

Now for modern car reliability issues. Everything I mentioned above including computers, sensors, ECM, and so on, which are all responsible for the way a modern car starts, runs, shifts, and stops.

Older cars like the Buick on review have none of that. Therefore there is less that can go wrong.

Makes sense... Right?

21st Dec 2018, 03:34

So, "more metal" is a bad thing, eh?

Yeah I can see to that. Especially those plastic intake manifolds used these days. Definitely much stronger and will outlast cast iron or aluminum.