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Why some cars run forever while others give up early

I’ve always been a little jealous of those people who say, “Oh yeah, my car is 18 years old and still runs like new.” Meanwhile, someone else buys a shiny new vehicle and by year four it’s already making weird coughing sounds like it caught a cold. So what’s going on here? Is it luck, karma, or just bad decision making at the dealership? Honestly,...

What mechanics don’t usually tell you about car problems

There’s this weird moment that happens when you walk into a mechanic’s shop. The smell of oil, that half-broken fan spinning somewhere, and the feeling that you’re about to hear a sentence that starts with “Well… it’s not good.” I’ve been there too many times. And after a few years of owning cars that were definitely older than they should’ve been, I started noticing...

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