SixxSpeed
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Hmmm... agree and disagree.I’m not knocking the inevitable tech that’s coming, it’s just gonna be much more expensive to fix & maintain these systems. Cars in general these days are much more complicated to work on, hybrid will only make it worse making customer more reliant on dealers for service. Some dealers & techs are great but most are a joke that I’ve dealt with....
I will agree that tech, as cool and great as it is, will inevitably destroy the long term reliability of any car on the market. Those electronics WILL eventually fail. It’s just a matter of time. Especially with more and more manufacturers using third party systems in their cars- Honda is no different. They are outsourcing more and more of the integrated systems that their cars rely on, simply because technology is advancing too fast and is too expensive for car manufacturers to develop themselves. Problem is- what kind of long term reliability do these parts have? Do they match the rest of Honda? Doubtful.
Honda and Acura became famous in the late 80s and throughout the 90s for their reliability- but consider those cars- they were entirely designed in house and they were WAY simpler than anything today. The most high tech thing was a CD player in the dash. VTEC was/is purely a mechanical system. Honda engine’s are built to last, and they do. But everything else these days? Eehhhh....
BUT. When you look at electric cars, I think they will be way more reliable than any internal combustion power train (only as far as the power train is concerned, anyway)- the electrical motors and entire system have very little parts to them, unlike an ICE engine that is made of countless moving parts.
I think people will ultimately have more issues with the tablet screens installed in many new dashes that will likely die eventually and pricey to replace. Power this, power that, sensors here, there, everywhere, camera this and that, etc, etc... going over countless bumps and knocks, crazy temperature cycles from -40F to 110F, fender benders or accidents in general, etc... I don’t think any electronic can last that.
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