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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stutaeng" data-source="post: 27389" data-attributes="member: 6175">I came across this interesting article: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/29/nx-s1-5556935/cost-of-living-cars" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/10/29/nx-s1-5556935/cost-of-living-cars</a>This graph is just shocking! [ATTACH=full]5332[/ATTACH]Surely there's got to be an increase on auto maintenance due to inflation, but to me it looks like the costs of repairs alone are getting out of control, especially because we know that manufacturers are pushing those oil change intervals to 10,000 miles+ and sealed transmissions with "lifetime" fluids. If anything, that graph should be trending downward, assuming reliability is held constant. And sadly, those graphs don't show any signs of reaching a plateau. What am I missing here?</blockquote>