Darkbloodmon
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Had an automotive playlist playing in the background on YouTube while doing some other work and a Video by CarWizard came up where he was going over the failure of a 2017 Hyundai Sonata and why the vehicle was sunk from its damages(oil starvation from negligent owner, Dealership refused warranty engine replacement on that evidence alone) In which he made a point that got me thinking. "...GDI engine failures are going to drive EV sales, a lot of people won't like that but its true and this is the evidence..."
I was updating information in a marketplace listing I kept getting haggard about by people who don't read even though every detail about the product has been provided and when I heard that point he made, it clicked and made sense to me.
CarWizard expanded on his point saying that there was a time when you were expected as a consumer to take care of and maintain what you purchased and you were shamed for letting something fall apart to an unusable state outside of the manufactures or professional recommendation and how that ideology has changed with how disposable our society has progressively become.
If you think about it, it makes sense. I would venture to say the most if not one of the most "maintained" products in the average American house hold today is the Smart Phone.
You buy it, plug it in, do minimal maintenance and repairs, and dispose of it when it gives you more headache than its worth after a point of time transferring everything you had previously onto the new device.
If automakers can make an EV vehicle for the general populace that asks little more of your time, attention, and care than a smart phone requires outside of plugging it in to charge, push button updates and minimal routine maintence being tires, suspension, and brakes (Components that have progressively become more durable in performance and longevity with technological innovation); then they'll have made one of the best selling products by those qualities alone.
The formula being : Least amount of effort and responsibility on the consumers part to own, most amount of instant gratification over the products lifespan even at the cost of it being shorter.
It makes alot of sense. I can't tell you how many Kia's, Hyundai's, GMC's, Chevy's, with GDI engines I've towed because the owner(s) didn't check the oil, didn't change it on time, wasn't aware of it burning oil and it locks up. The people who check and are aware of vehicle maintence needs are a minority. Even when the vehicle verbatim tells you people are ignoring it out of ignorance. I towed a 2017 Buick Enclave recently, engine overheated on the highway, The lady driving it pulled over when she saw the error message, which stated to leave the vehicle idling for coolant circulation and she turned it off and sat waiting for AAA. I'm eagerly waiting to see the engine failures on the new Hurricane engines soon to be rolling out in the North American market. Twin turbo GDI, low displacement straight six with HO variants.
Even when buying a used car, you can't expect much more details on the vehicles maintence records besides tires and oil changes. "Timing belt? Timing Chain? Didn't know" , "The transmission has a filter too?", "Differentials have oil?", "I didn't know that noise was the struts separating I thought it was the tire, I was planning to get one tire to replace that side" , "brakes? yea it stops"
I thought it was a really interesting point he made that brought Collective American Consumerism to a understandable level of personal purchase choice.
Thoughts?
I was updating information in a marketplace listing I kept getting haggard about by people who don't read even though every detail about the product has been provided and when I heard that point he made, it clicked and made sense to me.
CarWizard expanded on his point saying that there was a time when you were expected as a consumer to take care of and maintain what you purchased and you were shamed for letting something fall apart to an unusable state outside of the manufactures or professional recommendation and how that ideology has changed with how disposable our society has progressively become.
If you think about it, it makes sense. I would venture to say the most if not one of the most "maintained" products in the average American house hold today is the Smart Phone.
You buy it, plug it in, do minimal maintenance and repairs, and dispose of it when it gives you more headache than its worth after a point of time transferring everything you had previously onto the new device.
If automakers can make an EV vehicle for the general populace that asks little more of your time, attention, and care than a smart phone requires outside of plugging it in to charge, push button updates and minimal routine maintence being tires, suspension, and brakes (Components that have progressively become more durable in performance and longevity with technological innovation); then they'll have made one of the best selling products by those qualities alone.
The formula being : Least amount of effort and responsibility on the consumers part to own, most amount of instant gratification over the products lifespan even at the cost of it being shorter.
It makes alot of sense. I can't tell you how many Kia's, Hyundai's, GMC's, Chevy's, with GDI engines I've towed because the owner(s) didn't check the oil, didn't change it on time, wasn't aware of it burning oil and it locks up. The people who check and are aware of vehicle maintence needs are a minority. Even when the vehicle verbatim tells you people are ignoring it out of ignorance. I towed a 2017 Buick Enclave recently, engine overheated on the highway, The lady driving it pulled over when she saw the error message, which stated to leave the vehicle idling for coolant circulation and she turned it off and sat waiting for AAA. I'm eagerly waiting to see the engine failures on the new Hurricane engines soon to be rolling out in the North American market. Twin turbo GDI, low displacement straight six with HO variants.
Even when buying a used car, you can't expect much more details on the vehicles maintence records besides tires and oil changes. "Timing belt? Timing Chain? Didn't know" , "The transmission has a filter too?", "Differentials have oil?", "I didn't know that noise was the struts separating I thought it was the tire, I was planning to get one tire to replace that side" , "brakes? yea it stops"
I thought it was a really interesting point he made that brought Collective American Consumerism to a understandable level of personal purchase choice.
Thoughts?
