And even though he didn't imply it... it's *_also true_* about our Man Nuggets _(our Berries),_ because *every damn thing can legitimately cause cancer now!!!* (not even referring to the meme where everything causes cancer in California, due to the "Known to cause cancer in the State of CA" warning label everything has)

Enshitification is waiting for me driving a 22 year old car which isn't an amazing car and I'm waiting for something to go wrong and a mechanic to say "Nah mate not worth the trouble just get something else" (2002 magna, I wish I had the brains to rebuild it myself)

@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Have you seen the study on balls being full of plastic now?

@@ragea1 I saw a news headlines about it and that was enough for me... 😒 It's absolutely nuts, and I say that with the maximum amount of pun intended.

@@callumsutherland8750 Twice in my life (when young) I bought a twenty-year-old car and kept it until it was thirty. I had no mechanical knowledge and paid for any work being done. I found a car at thirty years of age can start and cost its market value in annual maintenance. That's when you get the next clunker (if you're on a modest income like I was).

Not weird... Wrong

If being wrong is wrong then I don’t wanna be right

Wasn’t even a green iPad 😫

Offputting I dare say

That's the 'pay attention' color now.

True, and it's been like this for well over a decade, hand-in-hand with the term "known good parts".

depends on the pc imo, i ddr3/ddr4 era stuff its always the ram for me if its a "doesn't boot/stopped working" new ram usually fixs it

I repair and resell laptops as a side hustle and if a new keyboard doesn't work I'll assume the new keyboard is broken before I blame the connector or mainboard, same with screens, trackpads, basically anything. Shouldn't have to assume the new part is a dud and be right most of the time :/

Yup i inspect every part as much as possible before even thinking of installing and that is for work or in my own works

True, Its interesting to see those rich youtubers who buy top of the line PCs that end up breaking or burning something.

I adore your engine sim! 👏👏

are you going to add broken parts to change the way the engine sounds???

Happened to me just 2 week ago. Took me 3 water pump with the final one being crazy expensive genuine Mercedes part they reintroduced because non of the Chinese junk in euro paper boxes worked. It cost 350 EUR instead of 100 but it works. And I was lucky. Mercedes cannot make reliable modern car for life of them but they still somewhat supports even cars from 60s and 70s. Parts cost crazy money but the quality is there (with rare and spectacular F up). It is even worse for American classic cars unless it is a Chevy with endless aftermarket. Thank for the work on the Engine Simulator. Looking forward to next version. 😁

Uncle Tony has done several videos on this. Cams are misground with no taper and the lifters don't rotate and fail on flat tappets. Fuel pumps that burn up on turning them on... You can't even trust certain big names now...

Just quit buying Asian-made.

there are safety critical parts like brakes and steering where the rules are different. If the engine breaks or leaks oil it's not a danger

@@marcogenovesi8570 Losing your propulsion when merging isn't a danger?

@@tim3172 no. Having a brakes or steering failure during normal use will make you lose control and crash, that's safety critical. Engine failure requires a specific setup to be a danger, even your "when merging" needs the other drivers to not notice and just crash into you, have a big enough vehicle and enough speed. The difference they are making in vehicles between systems is not just "it may cause danger some times", otherwise anything becomes safety critical and defies the point. WHat if for example you are the only one with a car and must bring somebody to the hospital or something? If the car breaks down that's a "danger" to this guy but it's also a wildly specific circumstance. This is one of the reasons why aircraft are more expensive, a lot more components are safety critical

@@tim3172 well let's say would u rather have all cars on the road lose propulsion at the same time or lose their braking power at the same time... in this hypothetical scenario id at least take the propulsion. Losing propulsion isn't THAT dangerous compared to losing brakes. On a downhill would u rather lose propulsion.. or brakes.. I think you'd take the propulsion. on a highway would u rather lose propulsion or brakes... I think even then you'd take losing propulsion over your brakes. Cars aren't planes or helicopters, when they lose propulsion they won't fall out of the sky and crash. If anything they'll just roll to a slow stop be it on a country road or highway. Even if I lost propulsion while merging id still be able to brake after somebody rear-ends me or bumps into me and I won't fly into a ditch. Also as another point pretty much everything is a danger.. some things just way more.. like losing brakes in a car, bike, motorcycle, etc. on the list of dangers in cars losing propulsion is somewhere near the bottom or middle and losing brakes at the very tippety top Im not defending companies and factories that make garbage replacement parts for engines but just as a fact losing propulsion is less dangerous than losing your brakes in 9 out of 10 cases.

Yeah it hurts seeing this stupid shit, new parts just seem to fucking suck

I felt the same, you know shits serious in one of wades videos when there’s no fun music

"Globalization" is the disaster.

Yes indeed

Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. has been a disaster for the country

There have been as many cases where the shareholders are ignored. So who are they answering to? They're getting their marching orders from somewhere.

Well if you build too many crap parts your brand name will suffer and people will buy elsewhere, which is not good for the shareholders

damn. Question: Is that 1500 one that has bluetooth rockers and flooring, or was it one that somehow managed to avoid the metal murderer that is salt and moisture?

@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 Its got most of the rockers and all of the floor. Its the fenders that got deleted on.

@@hungrymoose7627 weight reduction, it's a race truck

Wanna know something funny? Delphi isn't even second hand. GM sold the AC Delco development branch but retained the name, thus, Delphi. Both parties kept the patents and production for the fuel pumps. They're the exact same. Delphi's parent company literally just cuts costs, but like, same spec same patent same product same materials. I went down a rabbit hole buying a new sender assembly for my Sonoma.

@@farcore2044 AC Delco and Delphi are gangsta till Delco-Remy (now Remy International) steps in with a 60 year old voltage regulator that still works

Holy shit that's exactly it

Yea there’s a word for it; capitalism

@@allantoft9961 find a different type of economy that works better

@@allantoft9961 I would argue we've gone past capitalism and are in full socialism for the rich.

Bro just came from r/im14thisisdeep with that one.

ACDelco

Or 3 times expensive just for the exact same part from the same factory...

Had an old XD falcon, door handles crapped themselves (as is usual and expected) Ford genuine part was bloody expensive (can't remember exactly, but over 50 Aussie dollarydoos) and apparently made from cheese. Went to a wrecker who also sold aftermarket parts, he grinned and picked up set of four taiwanesium handles, less than 40 dollarydoos total. He claimed they wouldn't break. The looked identical, but each seemed to weigh at least 50% more. Took a punt and fitted them... he didn't lie.

Clockspring for a Prius. Nothing special about it, but OEM is 4x the price of any other OEM clockspring. I've also never had a clockspring fail in anything other than a Prius. Tried pulling from the junkyard and those were all bad, too.

Lamborghini with it's Ford parts with 99999% Mark up 😂

It's already hit the EV market, just the electronuts are quiet about it hoping us petrolheads won't notice they're goin' through the enshitification too. My local repair shops are _flooded_ with EVs with common problems (bad batteries, burnt out motors, fried motor control units, broken touch screens, faulty charging circuits, the list goes on) that gas and diesel cars and trucks don't have issues with, but even they have their own laundry list of issues too.

Purge, purge, purge

This is the result of companies continually cutting corners to pay shareholders. Abolish the stock market.

@@SixArmedSweater don't know about that. No real knowledge of SM. But investors are the real problem I see. Yes, they are part of SM, but it was kinda working 80+ years ago.

Abolish the stock market

The French made a really good invention that would help 😏

This is why Louis Rossmann moved away from only shitting on Apple after he realized the problem was so much worse. Laptops, cars, tractors, softwares, smartphones, everything. It is all trash. Utter garbage.

@@NothingXemnas It's all garbage except price and that's premium.

imo its because chinese factories have killed traditional locations where there were actual regulations and now companies are stuck with either not selling a product at all or just accepting chinese companies cutting corners wherever they can. I think this is why a lot of the push to rebuild local stuff will happen as shareholders dont want to be held hostage by chinese companies racing to the bottom and they can now charge a premium for products which would be considered the norm.

The first and only time I took my own vehicle to a mechanic was the first time I ever replaced a master cylinder. I bench bled it and did everything correctly but I just had no pedal. So I took it to a shop and paid 500 bucks for them to replace the master cylinder I had just replaced 3 days prior. At least I was under warranty so I got my 17 dollars back from Napa. 😡😡

I before saw YT shorts about someone buying new car part (a balancer pulley thingy), and it's different than original from the car, the old balancer has rubber part for vibration damper, one that from China just a damn rubber O-Ring

Good on you OP for actually double checking the parts are good rather than just taking the manufacturer's word for it! Good to see there's still folks out there looking out for the consumer, and I'm sure your customers are happy to keep returning to you because of it 😊

@@agustinusreynaldi7101 I saw that video too. I think it was supposed to be for some farm equipment. New one had absolutely no dampening to it like you said. Was painted gold and they glued in a rubber o ring.

Oh, they know. They just don't care, because their leaders know they'll be dead by the time it matters.

Companies realise it, they're all just trying to please the dumbfuck investors who are looking for short-term gains above anything else

Won't stop them trying.

I've heard from stock exchange people that there's a massive focus now on quick growth with rapid return rather than a steady investment these days, which only makes the problem worse.

We're pretty much reaching the limits of capitalism. We need a new system entirely

Shame. They know that there are no machinists, so they feel we are a captive audience.

Same with the commonly available modern record players. They'll straight up destroy a vinyl collection.

@@render1802 Techmoan made a whole video on how to identify "that one turntable mechanism" that absolutely plagues the $50~$150 range on Amazon (he estimates the mechanism itself probably cost less than £5). Also, sadly, "that one cassette player mechanism" aka "don't waste your money on crowdfunding projects that 'bring back the cassette'".

​@@render1802no they fucking won't, that's a god damn myth put out by assholes who don't want new people in their hobby

@@render1802 the record players aren't that bad compared to your usual 70s crapper. the weight of the needle is usually on spec and you can often change the cartridges. anything will wear down a vinyl collection though.. well maybe not that optical readout system(bounces off a laser kind of a thing, as opposed to the optically working needle pickup that's also a thing). it's also a lot simpler to just straight up make your own record player vs. making your own cassette mechanism. really it's the heads on the mechanisms that are too hard to make without a big production line. vinyl players have a lot of choice and variety on the market though still compared to cassettes with which it simply makes no difference how expensive of a modern unit you buy.

@@render1802 What!? The modern Audio Technica (i.e., Japanese brand) record players are fine. The tracking force is perfectly reasonable and they are well-engineered, if not match to the heady 70's and 80's.

*Disappointed mechanic noises*

yeah, I like his enthusiasm, his knowledge and his sheer balls. he's an inspiration to me to just "go for it".

the fact that he went adding not just the single or double schmoo layers, but the TRIPLE LAYER AFTER ITS IN THE ENGINE because he lost trust in it just makes it so.....sad.

For awhile, I couldn't afford actual repairs, so my thought process was, for a time "if it's leaking [name of fluid], it needs another bottle of the stop leak goop". I've gooped just about everything I can feasibly goop in my car.

My mind immediately jumped to a line from a popular children's movie. “If there's no oil under it, there's no oil in it.”

@@Keenasalwayscars 2 I’m pretty sure

@@fyretnt Well, I wasn't actually going to name the franchise. This is YT after all. Things get nerfed for the most nebulous of reasons.

@@Keenasalways true haha

Seems it is important to go through all the common failure points even if a the suspected part is new.

​@@Loanshark753I agree 100%. Never EVER just "take the customers word for it" Always verify.

I'm in my 20s, I've had the same sentiment for the past 6 years or so.

@@nikkiofthevalley 😦 We're officially doomed, then... 🫤

It's late stage capitalism. Like that slide from Goldman Sachs asking "Is curing patients a sustainable business model?".

Man I'm only 17 and I'll say the same thing too, I got an old Toshiba laptop that was low end in 2007 and a mid range 2018 HP, the HP laptop died and the Toshiba is still alive

Im 22. Been saying this about cars since I was 15. When new cars are blowing up faster than the old shitboxes everyone I knew had

Cars, electronics, the internet itself; everything is dying cuz of this

Greedy corpos moment

Yep, yep, yep. I'm not a car person- but I've seen it in so many other things! My hubby is a tech whiz. He built me my computer. He kept my 12-year old laptop running absolutely fine because he bought the "Professional" version meant to be tinkered with by the office IT guys. He collects old computers and uses them for really random stuff. COMPUTERS AND PHONES F*ING SUCK NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD YOUR OWN PC! (Hmm, right, Dankpods has a thing on that too...) I'm also still using my old Xbox 360 controllers with just some of the joystick coating cracked off, but my friend has had to get her switch controller fixed twice in the last couple of years. I'm a professional seamstress. Industrial machines have barely changed in 50+ years, thank grod, but the DOMESTIC machine market? Oh my GOD. You just can't *get* anything made to last unless you have a ton of money (Thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands for the highest end brands) or buy a vintage machine. Where it used to be metal, easy to fix and running forever as long as it was cleaned and oiled (I sewed my entire prom dress on one of those old beasts, complete with clanking broken gear and the zig-zag stitch cam about to crack in half) it's horrible cheap plastic that will break with a pair of jean hems, and if you get a computerized model (I have a computerized embroidery machine because I need one, but I will NEVER own a computerized regular sewing machine), you CAN NOT fix your own machine if something breaks. Singer used to be a quality brand, and now it's all cheap garbage. Notions, too- I'm still using vintage ones inherited from my Grandma that were made in the 60's and 70's (The packages say "Made in West Germany" and "Czechoslovakia" if you need an idea) and they are SO durable. If I buy new hooks, snaps, buttons etc. in the sewing store, even the bulk supplier I use for my business who caters specifically to professionals? They're even worse than fast fashion ones! "Oh hey, my fasteners all bent again because I ate dessert...." We both enjoy baking as a hobby bordering on an obsession (we make basically all of our own bread products and desserts). WHAT THE HELL, NEW BAKEWARE?!?!?!? MY GRANDMA'S 80-YEAR OLD PIE PLATES THAT NEARLY GOT TRASHED ARE STILL DOING A BETTER JOB THAN THESE NEW THINGS!!!! Mixers? You have to look SO hard to find one that's meant for heavy home use that won't have the motor burn out trying to knead a heavy dough (we have a solid metal pro version which we've repaired a few times over the 10+ years we've had it, and it still fights to knead bagel dough...). FURNITURE!!! I don't even bother with anything new, it's all beaver puke that weighs a ton, gets scratched to hell and falls apart in a few years, thankgod I don't care about home decor trends because the only real wood I can find now is midcentury modern in the antique shops. I'm typing this while sitting at a desk that was made in the 70's that didn't even get scratched when it crashed down a flight of stairs, with a chair that I haven't even had five years but is already on its last legs...and my bedroom set wouldn't even survive a house move! Hell, even the damn vacuum cleaner! I need to vacuum a LOT (seamstress who specializes in fluffy, furry stuff. It is MESSY.). After my Mom's ancient 80's beast broke for good because the last vacuum and small appliance repair shop finally closed in town (Thankfully it was a canister vacuum, no bag because those things are near impossible to find now, but anyway, it sucked up EVERYTHING. Nothing ever managed to kill it, and I accidentally sucked an entire shirt up it once) all these new vacuums have these stupid bells and whistles but won't even hold a room's worth of dirt and are all plastic that breaks in no time at all! Both of us said screw that and went back to using a basic old shop vac, they're loud as hell with no bells and whistles but IT SUCKS EVERYTHING UP WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE and I can actually clean the whole house on one emptying!

All by design. "You'll own nothing and be happy." wasn't an empty threat.

Reliability is bad for business, why charge someone 200 dollars for something once and have it last 30 years, when you can charge someone 200 dollars for something, have it last 30 days and then make em come back for another 200 Dollar part, that's Double profits right their.

-Communism Ftfy

@@JaegerYukari ah yes, communism is when ... [checks notes] ... giant corporations owned and controlled by private shareholders operate in a manner to generate as much wealth for themselves as possible, at the cost of everything and everyone else. you never were the brightest bulb, were you?

Alternatively: You will own nothing to begin with, and be happy anyway cause there is no alternative.

@@JaegerYukari nah china litterally have REBRANDED Civillian issued RC-XD's, literal BOMBS for CARS. i mean for fuck sake, EVEN WHEN COMPARING THEIRS TO THE FUCKING SOVIET UNIONS CARS. THEY MAKE THE SOVIETS CARS *LOOK ABOUT AS RELIABLE AS A TOYOTA HILUX. WITH A **_REASONABLE PRICETAG_*

@@JaegerYukari Funny way to say capitalism, because that is the system we are experiencing enshittification in.

cylinder 2 lost pressure, got new valves, lapped them in, lasted 5000km, cylinder 2 lost pressure, got new valves, lapped them in, ...

​@@lit_for_20lasted 5000km and cylinder 2 lost pressure?

​@@lit_for_20 head gasket on a rav4, shipped it, came back 3 times to replace the valve cover gasket under warranty. Just! Kept! Leaking!

The exact same thing happened with my Mom's old Subaru Forester.

Sounds like a warped head..

It's not so much the investors as executives worshipping Jack Welch. The whole make money by driving up the share price at all costs rather then actually selling product method. Sure you still have to sell some product but all it's really there for is to advertise to investors.

fam the call is coming from inside the house

But then watch as we loop back and get something like the "homer".

We need quality competition! Imagine how quickly these big greedy low quality companies would go down if people started selling good shit for slightly more price!

@@Code7Unltd You mean it's not already here with the Cybertruck? My Simpsons meme group lied to me! 😂

@@SoundShinobiYuki The Cybertruck isn't strong like a gorilla and soft like a Nerf ball.

But they slowly go through path of doom Into total company suicide

Degrading the product is the opposite of growth.

@@ghoulbuster1 That was the point of my comment. Infinite growth was never possible in the first place, but many companies consistently trim down their expenses until they inevitably cut too many corners and the product suffers. It's not a sustainable way to do business, but they do it anyway.

​@@ghoulbuster1 it isnt, think again. Its all about money

Where companies that were started by engineers etc, are now run by bean counters who know nothing of the product and old push for more and more profits. If you work for a company where the founders get replaced by bean counters, it's time to move on and get a new job, as it's all downhill from here.

Low Buck Garage is the man. He does things the way a true old-school mechanic does, instead of a new-wave parts changer.

Enshittification just in general

That's my worry with EVs too. I'm wondering if they'll be cutting corners in the battery packs sealing or anything like that to make a budget ev. I'm waiting for some chaos

@@crazycoffee Look no further than the Chevy Blazer. I don't think it's gonna be mechanical problems that kill ev's, it's gonna be software.

​@@crazycoffeeIt's probably will become like Chinese BYD's I heard about many issues in someone's videos about ev in there

@@crazycoffee Check how many corners they cut on the cybertruck Not physical corners though, those are still nice and bare and raw and will cut *you*

My '66 Olds will be the same way. All metal. I will EV swap it and run it on solar power, or replace the entire fuel system and make it run on 100% ethanol (which would make me mad to have to do because I despise ethanol as an automotive fuel) before I buy a modern EV. They could make a cheap electric car, but they don't, instead they pack them full of BS, my guess is to drive up the cost as much as possible.

LOL .. nice one 😄

They refuse to make non computerized vehicles.

Nice. sounds like you're quite the handy one. Always neat to see the folks out there who wrench and grease like everybody else workin' with their significant other to make something beautiful (and I don't mean those little screaming things called "children," I mean making a piece of mechanical art SING again.)

the theory is that you can just train anyone to the job. in practice it is that it needs to be a special mindset nerd to do it proper. you can't teach that stuff how it works to just anyone if they don't have interest in it.

Imagine that..... Dealer know NOTHING for car stuffs, just basic car issue

@@agustinusreynaldi7101 No it's worse than that- they only rise to the equivalent proficiency that their customers demand and women control 80% of purchasing power.

This is every industry. "Technicians" are now just "the person who actually applied for the job, and showed up two days in a row." Most people are not good at their jobs.

@@nickwallette6201 Where are all the esteemed female degree-holders?

Nascar comment on a Garbage Time video is always something to appreciate

Now this ain't what I expected

Back when my dad was still into classic cars (Oldsmobile), the only aftermarket mods he did were an HEI conversion on a 69 Toronado and aluminum intake & carbs on his Cutlass. Kept the coils like it was nothing. Hell, my 40 year old garden tractor (one that’s been owned by my family most of its life) is still running with all of its factory original parts from 1981! Only major work that tractor has seen in its life was a deck rebuild back in 2020

Up until about the mid 80s, most American-made vehicles and equipment were designed to be repairable and even rebuildable by the owner, and rebuilt over and over and over again. By the end of the 90s, they were made to be impossible for the average person to repair.

Also motorcycle parts. "Oh that air intake vent tube is cracked?" For 4 inches of rubber in the shape of a U is between $40 and $80... Or my favorite is when the parts aren't discounted but it's been on backorder since 2019.

​@GrumpyIan not trying to discount your point all, I agree with what you're saying, but honestly if I had to pay 50+ for a cracked intake pipe I'd probably just wrap the crack in flex tape or something XD

How about those piggyback shocks where the reservoir is decorative lol

​@@GrumpyIan but at least the theirs still factory parts for 10 year old bikes in-stock, which was a blessing for me when I had to repair my cbr500r.

@@midlifehemi88 I'm replacing it with silicone tubing. Holds up just as well to the heat and infinitely more cheaper.

Yeah, my mom had a short bit of plumbing attached to her home water pump replaced last year. Thank goodness it was exposed pipe and in the garage, because it took 3 tries from a reputable plumber to make it not leak gratuitously (at his own expense). Turns out our local Home Depot got a BAAAAD shipment of PVC pipes/fittings with internal cracks and voids, and he bought a portion of it for on-hand supplies. He got scared after round two and called up all his recent customers to check his work for leaks. Felt really bad for him. :/

​@@render1802hey, he called the customers that might've been affected? that's a great plumber

@@TheAechBomb Yep, and if they had a problem due to this issue he didn't charge for replacement parts or the service call. He was at wit's end after the third time doing the same fix, which finally worked. We ended up giving him $50 as a thank you.

That was an issue with the AMC 6 cylinder. They switched to a plastic valve cover, which, of course, soon would warp. I don't know if w metal one from an older one will fit, but there are hot rod aluminum ones that will.

"All the tools you need!" 😂

I have a James, but he's not a mechanic. But he is just as good a friend :)

Youre already halfway there​@@PAWaviation15

My mechanic is an hour's drive away. When people ask why I drive so far for a mechanic, I reply that it's because he's honest.

@@deanchur when you find your guy, you rely on your guy. don't matter if they are a decent distance from home, just matters that they're good, honest, and hard working. obviously don't drive halfway across the continental united states just to visit a mechanic, but you know what Im trying to say here, Im just adding this for the little pedantic shits who think themselves the next great comedian.

An easy solution can be applied its called NOT RELLYING ON MEGA CORPORATIONS ie learn how to make stuff or buy the most simple things possible interesting engineering just means that its easier for the conpanies to controll their stuff

​@@fernadogonzalez2940 You tell your fifty year old family members this and then get back to me. I know not all of your family are mechanics. And even if they happen to have someone like you to help them, not everyone's family does or knows a lot about this type of stuff. You're blaming the victims here instead of the real culprit.

@@fernadogonzalez2940 The problem with that is that it's impossible to make things from scratch without relying on mega corporations. I sew, and unless I also got into mining and steelsmithing, I have to buy needles from a corporation. I have to buy yarn for my crochet, because I don't have the land to keep sheep. If I did have the land to keep sheep, I'd have to buy shears. In order to overcome crappy replacement parts for this engine, Wade would need to start growing rubber trees.

Unsurprisingly, this is how the US Auto industry became to powerful in the US. They pretty much destroyed all other means of transportation and successfully changed laws and standards to make dense, walkable cities practically illegal to build.

​@@fernadogonzalez2940 I don't disagree with you one bit, but the problem remains, be cause we consumers lack the ability to make stuff like this which can stand up to petroleum products. A weird, but good example: grab an every day syringe, and then stuck up some motor oil with it and let it sit for a month... Come back and its rubber plunger will be swollen, starting to deteriorate! I did a quick check though... and seems like TPU (Thermoplastic PolyUrethane) IS apparently petroleum resistant, much to my surprise... That's the very flexible ("rubbery") 3D Printer filament! However, as we know, a consumer printed part does not guarantee it'll be water/air/oil tight and won't peak, whereas a cast part will be........ at least, as long as it's *_not_* from whatever company they got that first oil seal from... lmao

Holy fuck dude, I really hope luck will swing back your way. I thought a couple master/slave cylinder and a coolant pipe blowout on my BMW was bad, but Idk if I'd be able to handle all that, especially if I had JUST bought it AND had it happen after each repair.

Buys French car, is surprised it's broken

@@MathewWithOne_T I have seen 3 separate BMW 3 series blow the same coolant pipe due to aged plastic in the last year alone. German cars got a head start on the enshittification about 15-20 years ago when they realized that most people lease them new for 3 years then trade it in.

French cars I’m afraid. 1 in 4 French cars won’t run well ever.

​@@MANTHELEXUSthe other 3 don't even run lol

Is that what 3D printing is? How can it make things out of metal?

@@jamesbosworth4191 there are many varieties of 3d printing, FDM is the most common for hobbyists, SLA is also fairly common, SLS and SLM are used with powdered plastics and medals respectively. 3D inkjet is still fairly rare and expensive.

@@TheNerd484 Of all the inventions of the last 40 years, THIS is the one that is truly amazing.

See this pisses me off. Not only is it making everything we buy and use utter garbage, it’s driving people away from their passions! Breaks my heart.

@@Mar-uc7kk He was good and honest too. Over 15 years as my mechanic. After he quit, a YWCA day care bought it (partially with taxpayer funds) and promptly demolished it. Real shame.

@@Mar-uc7kk The Distopia is slowly beginning

There's a reason cycles are on the rise...

Do computers experience enshittification?

@@skeptic_lemon Consider Windows over the past few eons...

@@skeptic_lemon massive counterfeit issues, to the point of companys printing the original text/logos/numbers on parts only for it to rub off with isopropyl alcohol

@@skeptic_lemon Absolutely. I won't get into paragraphs about what's been happening, but the reliability of computers has plummeted in combination with non-replaceable batteries and glue instead of screws becoming standard. It's starting to become impossible to repair many laptops which is beyond depressing as someone who keeps their computers for decades. I want to be clear when I say that I'm not someone that looks at the past with rose-tinted goggles; I've been living my best life in the last 2 years compared to my childhood, teenage years, and even my early adult years. When it comes to computers though, they, quite literally, aren't made the way they used to be made and nowadays if you want to repair something it's either impossible without high-end repair equipment or, worse, straight-up impossible without remanufacturing some parts.

Or, it's straight up counterfeit.

Suggestion for getting good parts for out of production cars? I've heard auto parts stores are even worse than "genuine".

@@b-chroniumproductions3177 find part.im the scrap yard, maybe? Or fix them yourself.

Which brands do you trust?

@@Games_for_James you didn't ask me, but from personal experience working on my own cars for >10 years (6 cars so far): Febi or Febi-Bilstein (all sorts of parts), Lemforder (suspension bushings), Corteco (seals, gaskets), ATE (brake parts), Bosch (brake parts, filters, other), INA (bearings, timing parts, pulleys), Mann (filters). Some parts only OEM or used OEM, never aftermarket (like complex electrical parts like throttle bodies, solenoids, MAF sensors, from a junkyard with warranty, or take a bad one apart and fix it/rebuild it if it's stuff like a switch with worn contacts or worn brushes on a motor). Mercedes-Benz has an official web shop where you can buy OEM parts, I use that to check OEM prices and see what I get OEM or aftermarket, sometimes it surprises me when some stuff I'd otherwise buy aftermarket is sometimes same price or cheaper OEM.

Supposedly Blue Print is pretty good for Asian parts, the air filter I got was the right shape and looked pretty decent.

​@@tubesnstuff503do not buy Febi!!!!

As a German: brakes: ATE, Maybe TRW Seals: Elring or Victor Reinz Suspension: Lemförder ( do not buy anything else if available) TRW or maybe if nothing else is available PU, then go Japanparts or Yamato or whatever. Necessary sadly. Engine: Mahle ( maybe) or Kolbenschmidt Waterpumps: SKF, nothing else Bearings: SKF, FAG ( I work there) or INA Belt: Continental, Gates or INA, maybe SKF. It's sad. I have thrown away FAG parts before, Just because they were shit, and bought Lemförder.

Incredible.

as a matter of fact, modern batteries have probably gotten significantly worse. i have li-ion batteries for cameras and stuff that are 2 decades old and they still hold a good charge. that could be survivor bias, but still, there at least were batteries that survived that long, could it be the form factor? flat pack lithium ion batteries having worse lifespan than 18650s? /edit: it seems to be mostly sony and maybe nikon batteries. i've seen a Canon pack that didn't last very long, and a Panasonic pack that was completely dead. all were similarly old, from about 2002-2005

Has been a thing since forever. Aliexpress is full of questionable quality lithium cells and battery managment boards.

@@segarallychampionship702 the health of the battery probably depends on how much/often it was used. But it is true not all batteries are made equal.

​@@segarallychampionship702 my dad pulled a Nintendo DSi out of the closet one day, the battery wasn't even dead.. it had to be sitting for at least 6-7 years at that point without charge.

​@jwalster9412 i have a ds lite that still will turn on after not being charged for 15 years its basically fully dead on charge but its still holding enough after that long to turn on for a minute or 2 before shutting off which is impressive to the least my phone after about a year of use has lost rougly 12 percent battery health roughly idk for sure but it hols about 2 less hours of charge per charge cycle after a year and this is a a54 im using

and an o ring on an f150

The o-rings were used out of spec. Engineers said not to launch until the ambient temperature was higher. Management overrode them. O-rings failed and disaster ensued. It wasn't a quality issue.

@@Oosh21you’re right. o-ring was fine, launch temps weren’t. every engineer said don’t launch, management did, 7 people die.

A bad door lock also took down some certain planes..

@@jwalster9412That plane landed safely. Not defending boeing, they lied about the 737 max and that killed nearly 400 people.

too many companies not giving a rats butt because it's not what makes them money

@@marcogenovesi8570 There is a direct correlation between the amount of migrants coming into the country and the amount of shit parts.

@@marcogenovesi8570 To be fair, the good Japanese auto makers (i.e., Toyota, Honda, Suzuki) are usually pretty good on auditing supplier's parts and being strict about their supplier's quality control. It's generally the cost-cutting automakers who have select the cheapest tender who have patchy parts quality (Ford, VW etc).

​@@TassieLorenzoI agree Japanese is the only decent option for vehicles anymore. I thought Hyundai was improving but then the engine of my 2013 Santa Fe destroyed itself because some plant workers didn't clean the metal shavings out of the engine block during manufacturing, and those metal shavings clogged the oil journals. Lucky for me Hyundai did the right thing and covered replacement. That vehicle had so many recalls for various other fixes too.

@@TassieLorenzo They might be better but they certainly aren't immune from enshittification. One of the older generations of Nissan Nevaras had a lot of engine issues that caused meltdowns. My dad got real lucky and sold his only a few months before it got sent to the great parking lot in the sky. There's also mitsubishi who had a big scandal about their quality control issues which I believe they tried to cover up. It was such a shitstorm that Mitsubishi almost went down. It's why they seem to be a different company these days, they're basically a corpse being puppeted like weekend at bernie's...

Please don't tell me these things. I am not looking forward to getting new parts for my WJ if its going to be this bad

Toyota 1ZZ - discontinued 2008, but good f@#$ing luck if you need any internal engine parts.

Same problem starting to crop up on crown vics of all things. Ford stopped making the intake manifolds for these so now your options are dorman, or if you can even find a leftover OE one, pay out the ass for the part.

@@x2006charger dude its ridiculous how expensive 4.6's are getting to work on, still millions chugging about, still costs $4500 dollars for a fresh new set of stock cylinder heads, couldnt imagine the price of new 4v heads LOL better off trying to find low mileage junkyard parts for everything these days

@@x2006charger This is the reason why I LOVE living in the deep Southeast. Crown Vics are still a common sight, as are Mercury Grand Marquis (THIS CAR is seen so often down here that it's comical considering the average age of a Grand Marquis driver is 130 years old). Thankfully, I also still see a LOT of Police Interceptors, as well. They're common down here in the junk yards.

yeah "plastics" is a generic word like saying "soup". What's in it? Who knows. There are many types of soups with different flavors, textures and properties

Makes classic car restoration nearly impossible now because the only parts available are 3rd party

The OEM ones could easily be made in China. Country of origin does not dictate quality

@@alexthemorgan This is indeed true that country of origin does not dictate quality. A LOT of USA-made products are pretty shit. But let's be honest here: nearly all of this shit is made in China because literally *_NO ONE_* cares about the exploitation of children in China to make these garbage products, yet complain about shit being too costly and not understanding the reason why labor costs in China are so low. On the flip side, I've seen some Chinese-made products that blew me the hell away with *_Q V A L I T Y_* that was on par with the Japanese products, but without the Japanese price tag. I still hate buying Chinese-made products, though.

@@JaegerYukari I dont think anybody here said that china isn't making shitty products, look at anything wish sells and there you go, shittiest china can offer. But what people (or atleast I am)are saying is that china also does make good products its just an issue of cost. Paying those really cheap factories 5 percent more gives you 50 percent better quality but do some crappy companies do so... of course not, they're saving 5 percent on everything even if its half as good of a product. But OEM companies usually just have more money for quality control and to pay those factory workers a tiny margin better so their stuff is good or at least a lot better. 3rd party companies don't have the money, the need, the want or all three to pay the workers and suppliers of materials more.

EV parts are slightly less enshittified since they're still new, but when the current EVs become obsolete their parts will get even more enshittified

@@Fred_the_1996 Not all of them. The Nugget is pretty old by EV standards, for example.

Yup. Threw a new control arm in my car, and the bushing shit the bed not long after...

@@Fred_the_1996 i replaced the electric motor on a 1 year old Toyota Proace electric at work, theres like 3 more waiting. Everything is shit trash garbage, new cars suck

@@MadMaxx570 idk much about EVs, the repair shop where i work at doesnt get many EVs, and when it does its just stuff like changing tyres or lightbulbs

Now that you mention it trains. Worries me about aviation. Already seeing it with Boeing.

@@callummclachlan4771 100%

it's how US freight railroads operate, to my knowledge. trains so long they block level crossings and cannot be parked or sidings, empty trains being sent around because the yards are too small, in general operating to make the most money at the expense of everything else - passenger trains, the environment, quality of service, workplace rights.. "the most profitable railroad is the one that owns no track and sends no trains"

My thoughts exactly. My friend is an engineer in manufacturing and the thing he tells me scares me half to death…

Or alternatively, Renault's voice synth from the Safrane "(Guitar melody) Warning! Mental sanity levels, critical. Consult medical personnel."

Get the business started by doing parts no longer OEM available. Grow to cheaper or better than OEM parts.

"If they wont bring back manufacturing jobs, we'll make them ourselves"

I mean they have right to repair, they just can't excercise said right because parts suck ass

*Rossmann. Why are you people so insistent into turning Louis into an Ashkenazi Jew?

UHMWPE and leather? Those are two materials I didn't expect to see listed together.

@@nopenoperson9118 It's a layered rim guide for the drum. The originals were riveted in and not replaceable I couldn't find OEM replacements.) They had worn completely through and I was about to have metal to metal contact. I got creative and used a leather backing with a HDMW plastic shield. Drilled rivets, made 2 custom pads and used rivets to reattach. Used contact cement to sandwich the materials together. I'm kind of a cheap ba**rd. I still use these machines to this day. At this point, I think they were manufactured before I even graduated HS and I am mid-50's.

Count yourself lucky you could buy component parts. Motor brushes wore prematurely in my washing machine but OEM parts suppliers would only sell me an entire motor assembly or nothing. Had to gamble on eBay, and pay more for shipping than the parts, to fix it.

@@TechGorilla1987 Sounds like it works a mint. Curious how the leather would hold up over many cycles of being exposed to high heat and ambient humidity.

I have a Miele frontloader washing machine that I got for free when I moved to uni, from a farmer who had it sitting in the barn. After washing farm coveralls for years, it is still going strong. I saw a production date inside at some point, dont recall exactly but '70/'80. It is at least 20 years older than me and going strong... Needs a new main bearing (whiny noise when spinning) and shock dampers (it walks a bit when centrifuging), but those parts are actually easily replaced, in contrast with a modern machine where they are impossible to replace. Also, the electronics are rock solid, I can just spin the knob to the correct setting and use a switched outlet to turn it on at the right time. I use a smart power socket to control it from my phone, and the current measurement can tell me when it is done. Meanwhile, my girlfriends washing machine needs time to boot up and has at one point even crashed the software 😂

Wow. Once upon a time, we could even buy a parts kit for a water pump

or he installed it wrong, or he just got unlucky 2 times, or he got lucky the third time with the third party ones, or the genuine parts were just crap. you never know

Counterfeit parts are a big problem so that's a possibility too.

I can almost guarantee Nissan does not make parts for the 240sx any longer so you bought counterfeit parts with a Nissan logo slapped on

Nissan doesn't make parts and aisin is the OEM (at least on the newer internal pumps), made in Japan. He bought knock off parts.

Although in this case, the lid is on the pot. A lot of people are aware of the rot economy/enshittificiation being a thing, but also can't do much about it. What could James do about all the parts he gets decreasing in quality? He can't just not buy them, and OEM charges out the nose (if they're that much better to begin with).

@@techno1561 they brought up how 3D printing might be a solution in the future. idk about the car market but for computers and software we have free and open source software to replace terrible software that does the enshittificiation. I just didn't expect that tactic to get outside the world of tech