From 0118276f63fe4f0a77f05ebad327ba8394c304db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 07:39:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add cars blog post --- .gitignore | 1 - CNAME | 1 - blog/_posts/2022-10-02-cars.md | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 CNAME create mode 100644 blog/_posts/2022-10-02-cars.md diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 11a2ca7..2a0d7df 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -1,3 +1,2 @@ *~ _site/ -.jekyll-cache/ diff --git a/CNAME b/CNAME deleted file mode 100644 index b77630b..0000000 --- a/CNAME +++ /dev/null @@ -1 +0,0 @@ -woozle.org \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/blog/_posts/2022-10-02-cars.md b/blog/_posts/2022-10-02-cars.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c833951 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/_posts/2022-10-02-cars.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +--- +title: Cars I Have Known +--- + +I've owned a few cars so far. In chronological order of ownership: + +1. ~1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 +2. ~1972 Oldsmobile Toronado +3. ~1989 Honda Prelude +4. ~1998 Subaru Legacy Wagon +5. ~1985 Volkswagon Vanagon +6. 2007 Subaru Outback +7. 2016 Tesla Model S +8. 2019 Tesla Model 3 +9. 2017 Nissan LEAF +10. 2019 Chevrolet Bolt + +Tesla manages to be very much in the public conciousness. +There's this persistent story that the cars are poorly built and unreliable. +That hasn't been my experience. + +This next list ranks these cars from most to least reliable, +including a need for repairs, +taking into account that gas cars have a higher baseline maintenance burden. + +1. ~1989 Honda Prelude: Nothing +2. 2017 Nissan LEAF: Several recalls when we first bought it +3. Tesla Model 3: Recall on a cable in the trunk +4. 2019 Chevrolet Bolt: Software updates can't happen over the air, and a battery recall that was still open when we bought it +5. ~1998 Subaru Legacy Wagon: Alternator failure made car die over train tracks! +6. Tesla Model S: Three door handle microswitch failures, all covered by warranty +7. 2007 Subaru Outback: Head gasket failed +8. ~1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88: Older car needed lots of twiddling +9. ~1972 Oldsmobile Toronado: Older front wheel drive car needed lots and lots of twiddling +10. ~1988 Volkswagon Vanagon: An endless parade of mechanical problems + +Now including regular maintenance items, +here are the top 5 from most to least pain in the butt to own: + +1. Tesla Model 3: The only shop visit has been to replace tires +2. Tesla Model S: All repairs happened in our driveway +3. 2017 Nissan LEAF: One shop trip to have multiple recalls performed +4. 2019 Chevrolet Bolt: One shop trip to have recalls performed +5. ~1989 Honda Prelude: Required regular maintenance at an auto shop +6. ~1998 Subaru Legacy Wagon: Regular maintenance at shop, and alternator replacement ate 3 days from our vacation and also required body work because it fell off the tow truck + +And in terms of best to worst service center experience, +the list is: + +1. Tesla +2. Everybody else + +I could write pages and pages of complaints about the dealership service center experience +for every car we've had. +I'm really hoping, +now that Tesla has illustrated how to sell and service cars without dealerships, +that other manufacturers start doing the same thing, +because the dealership experience is uniformly horrid. + +--- + +Amy, on reading this list, +commented that if she had to buy a gas car again, +she'd want something like the Legacy wagon. +I agree with that: it was a pretty good gas car. + +But we'd rather have any electric than any gas car. +They need way less regular maintenance, +which means that even the nightmare experience of dealing with a dealership is less frequent. \ No newline at end of file