Very good Sir!

I do agree, in many cases the cars being built today are not being built to last, but rather built to be efficient and easy to manufacture at the expense of durability and ease of maintenance). But that is not always the case. I spent many hours on my back fixing rusty floors, rockers and exhausts on my second 240 (20 years old at the time). Show me a 20 year old Volvo S60 or V70 and I bet it's still not rusty and is sporting it's original exhaust.

The 2006 Honda I drive now is a breath of fresh air. It just works. Durable as anything. One spot of rust starting, and it has its weak spots (power steering pumps, transmissions...) but overall @204k miles has required less maintenance than any other car I've owned. If they weren't so pricey and boring, I wouldn't daily drive anything else.

The planned obsolescence I think is coming from the marketing department more than anywhere else. Nothing new about that.

Have a great day and thanks for listening to my little rant too!
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XC60 / Odyssey