From 0f530e7e985d56ee615e31fd445e4170b18b180c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 08:02:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Cars update --- content/blog/2022-10-02-cars.md | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/blog/2022-10-02-cars.md b/content/blog/2022-10-02-cars.md index 8b0e7e9..ebbb15b 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022-10-02-cars.md +++ b/content/blog/2022-10-02-cars.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Cars I Have Known date: 2022-10-02T00:00:00Z --- -I've owned a few cars so far. In chronological order of ownership: +I've owned a few cars by now. In chronological order of ownership: 1. ~1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 2. ~1972 Oldsmobile Toronado @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ 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. +Reliability +---------- + 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. @@ -35,16 +38,22 @@ taking into account that gas cars have a higher baseline maintenance burden. 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 +Overall ownership experience +-------------------------------- + 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 +2. Tesla Model S: Multiple warranty repairs all 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 +Servce Center Experience +------------------------ + And in terms of best to worst service center experience, the list is: