It's stuff like that that makes me want nothing whatsoever to do with new cars. The regulations are negatively impacting the design of the cars, they're too complicated, and increasingly too delicate, and also seemingly of a lower build quality, despite being overall more refined than cars of 30 years ago.
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It's a combination of things. Car companies don't care about longevity past warranty or serviceability, or how much time it takes you to replace the electromechanical thermostat. BMW financial services, toyota financial services, etc, that's the cash cow, new sales and the financing of those sales. The other thing is cost cutting/optimization. I deliberately steered clear of the automotive industry when starting my engineering career because I knew that a majority of the work now is just optimizing for production/cost cutting on boring normal cars I'd never want to drive. They're constantly optimizing designs and material choices for cost savings, getting as close as possible to the minimum cost part that lasts the warranty period. They aren't making oil pans and oil pump parts out of plastic, powering oil pumps with belts, and replacing controls and gauges with flat screens because those things are better.
My industry isn't perfect but at least I'm not working to actively ruin a hobby of mine.Comment
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