"Everything is electronic and requires more repair"

[Chainfire]

3. My five year old Kia hasn't had a single problem, nothing, zip, it is about to turn 100,000 miles.

But the way that I am, as long as it runs and stops, when I ask it to, all of the doors could fall off and I would continue to drive it. If the entertainment electronics go funky, I won't worry about it. I do like the backup camera, but I can still turn my head.

The thread does bring something to mind that I had about forgotten about: When my wife and I were young, we bought a new Opel wagon, after about one year, the gas gauge quit working. Instead of fixing it, we would note our mileage on a piece of paper every time we filled up. We knew how many miles we got out of a tankful. We drove that car for two more years and never ran out of gas.