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minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoThere’s plenty of gas and diesel cars that can also last pretty much forever if we apply the same logic of “having to replace parts doesn’t count”…
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoMore that “at no time do enough parts start failing often enough that repair ceases being cost-effective”
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDoes diesels with over a million miles count?
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoMaybe. Depends on how often engine is overhauled, what it’s operating environment is and why the vehicle was kept operating for so long.
There’s plenty of gas and diesel cars that can also last pretty much forever if we apply the same logic of “having to replace parts doesn’t count”…
Car of theseus?
More that “at no time do enough parts start failing often enough that repair ceases being cost-effective”
Does diesels with over a million miles count?
Maybe. Depends on how often engine is overhauled, what it’s operating environment is and why the vehicle was kept operating for so long.