I’m genuinely curious about the reliability. I’ve been lucky enough to own a lot of cars in my life. I will tell you every somewhat modern/modern exotic car I’ve owned has been an absolute piece of over priced shit beyond "it looks and sounds cool’'. I kid you not probably every other time I drove my Lamborghini Aventador with 5k miles some stupid shit would break, radiator hoses, electrical problems, misfires and they all cost stupid amounts of money to fix. While my 2002 Camry has 185k miles with only regular maintenance and I’d feel comfortable driving it across the US.
I get they’re meant to be looked at ect, but if you can’t design a radiator hose that lasts over 2 years and 5k miles you’ve got a serious engineering problem. Hell, I had a 68’ mustang that still has the the OEM from the factory before I replaced it and it technically still was fine. Absolutely ridiculous, these things are like a bunch of expensive parts just bolted together like a 2nd grader did it.
Sorry for the rant. These cars are one of the few things that ligit get me pissed as an automotive lover.
Isn’t that just Italian manufacturing quality. Same with how McLarens and Range Rovers aren’t very reliable despite the high price tag that‘s just because British manufacturing is generally trash. (Though Rolls Royce is the exception especially their jet engine production department)
I don’t know if it’s possible, since it’s exposed to the elements. Manufacturers have certainly tried.
It wasn’t all that long ago that a few car companies were selling their CVT transmissions as having lifetime transmission fluid, that didn’t need topping up or changing.
Even if it’s as minimal as having to change the brakes/tyres, there’s still going to be maintenance that needs to be done, if only to check that the car can go some period of time without needing further maintenance.
They probably can build an EV that is maintenance free, except for the batteries wearing down. Electric engines are very reliable because they are relatively simple.
I’m genuinely curious about the reliability. I’ve been lucky enough to own a lot of cars in my life. I will tell you every somewhat modern/modern exotic car I’ve owned has been an absolute piece of over priced shit beyond "it looks and sounds cool’'. I kid you not probably every other time I drove my Lamborghini Aventador with 5k miles some stupid shit would break, radiator hoses, electrical problems, misfires and they all cost stupid amounts of money to fix. While my 2002 Camry has 185k miles with only regular maintenance and I’d feel comfortable driving it across the US.
I get they’re meant to be looked at ect, but if you can’t design a radiator hose that lasts over 2 years and 5k miles you’ve got a serious engineering problem. Hell, I had a 68’ mustang that still has the the OEM from the factory before I replaced it and it technically still was fine. Absolutely ridiculous, these things are like a bunch of expensive parts just bolted together like a 2nd grader did it.
Sorry for the rant. These cars are one of the few things that ligit get me pissed as an automotive lover.
Isn’t that just Italian manufacturing quality. Same with how McLarens and Range Rovers aren’t very reliable despite the high price tag that‘s just because British manufacturing is generally trash. (Though Rolls Royce is the exception especially their jet engine production department)
Like Porsche builds reliable sports cars.
I wonder if it possible to design a maintenance free car, and if the market would even reward it.
It’d take the consumers a decade to even notice that they didn’t need any maintenance.
I don’t know if it’s possible, since it’s exposed to the elements. Manufacturers have certainly tried.
It wasn’t all that long ago that a few car companies were selling their CVT transmissions as having lifetime transmission fluid, that didn’t need topping up or changing.
Even if it’s as minimal as having to change the brakes/tyres, there’s still going to be maintenance that needs to be done, if only to check that the car can go some period of time without needing further maintenance.
They probably can build an EV that is maintenance free, except for the batteries wearing down. Electric engines are very reliable because they are relatively simple.
Main issues with the electric motors are leaks.
An air-cooled motor would probably last much longer, at least in a moderate climate. Issue is EVs tend to have powerful motors so they need cooling.
Toyota has done this but they stopped making the original line of those unkillable pickup trucks long ago