Why your dishwasher, gas cans, household appliances and new cars all seem to suck.

[Anonymous]

The heck with tariffs; the US should just mandate that stuff needs to be made a certain way to be imported - moving parts must be able to be replaced; parts must be sold in the US if the machine is sold, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

Didn’t read the article and have no political angle, but household appliances now have about 1/2 the useful life of their predecessors. I have replaced several 20+ year old appliances whose replacements barely make it 10.

That's not because of bureaucrats. The opposite. It's because of capitalists.

Wrong. It's because energy efficiency regulations make appliances increasingly expensive, complicated and fragile. Capitalism works -- if it weren't illegal to make washing machines that actually work, someone would make them and clean up (literally). Speed Queen was doing it for a while, but they have gotten caught by energy efficiency regulations, and now their new machines don't clean clothes any better than the competition. Bureaucrats push energy savings regulations that can "feasibly" be met, but they don't care if your clothes actually get clean, it takes hours to wash, or the machine works for more than 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

Didn’t read the article and have no political angle, but household appliances now have about 1/2 the useful life of their predecessors. I have replaced several 20+ year old appliances whose replacements barely make it 10.

That's not because of bureaucrats. The opposite. It's because of capitalists.

Wrong. It's because energy efficiency regulations make appliances increasingly expensive, complicated and fragile. Capitalism works -- if it weren't illegal to make washing machines that actually work, someone would make them and clean up (literally). Speed Queen was doing it for a while, but they have gotten caught by energy efficiency regulations, and now their new machines don't clean clothes any better than the competition. Bureaucrats push energy savings regulations that can "feasibly" be met, but they don't care if your clothes actually get clean, it takes hours to wash, or the machine works for more than 2 years.

Our new top loading HE washer is an excellent washer. Sorry you don't like yours.

And yes, capitalists absolutely have driven our replace-instead-of-fix culture of cheap throwaway appliances.

[Anonymous]

Planned obsolescence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

My 1984 Honda Crx was rated at 52 MPG, non hybrid, just a regular old car. I drove it to 285000 miles with noting more than gas and oil changes.

We have come a long way in 35 years......

That’s odd, did Honda make you a special on-off car ? Because these are the official ratings: 39 combined city/highway MPG 36 city 45 highway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: My new dishwasher is awesome! My dishes get so clean. I think most people don’t read manuals when they buy things, and don’t realize that they need to use them differently. I have never had any issues with my frontload dealing washer either.

Your dishwasher is new. How long have you had the frontloader?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

My 1984 Honda Crx was rated at 52 MPG, non hybrid, just a regular old car. I drove it to 285000 miles with noting more than gas and oil changes.

We have come a long way in 35 years......

That’s odd, did Honda make you a special on-off car ? Because these are the official ratings: 39 combined city/highway MPG 36 city 45 highway

Try again, here is the window sticker. Nice try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

My 1984 Honda Crx was rated at 52 MPG, non hybrid, just a regular old car. I drove it to 285000 miles with noting more than gas and oil changes.

We have come a long way in 35 years......

That’s odd, did Honda make you a special on-off car ? Because these are the official ratings: 39 combined city/highway MPG 36 city 45 highway

Try again, here is the window sticker. Nice try.

Bro shows up with RECEIPTS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: My new dishwasher is awesome! My dishes get so clean. I think most people don’t read manuals when they buy things, and don’t realize that they need to use them differently. I have never had any issues with my frontload dealing washer either.

Your dishwasher is new. How long have you had the frontloader?

8-10 years? Family of 5 so gets plenty of use. GE.

And the dishwasher is 2-3 years old now, but still “new” to me.

We are also very happy with the energy efficient furnace we installed a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

My 1984 Honda Crx was rated at 52 MPG, non hybrid, just a regular old car. I drove it to 285000 miles with noting more than gas and oil changes.

We have come a long way in 35 years......

That’s odd, did Honda make you a special on-off car ? Because these are the official ratings: 39 combined city/highway MPG 36 city 45 highway

Try again, here is the window sticker. Nice try.

this is the HF model...tuned for max econ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

My 1984 Honda Crx was rated at 52 MPG, non hybrid, just a regular old car. I drove it to 285000 miles with noting more than gas and oil changes.

We have come a long way in 35 years......

That’s odd, did Honda make you a special on-off car ? Because these are the official ratings: 39 combined city/highway MPG 36 city 45 highway

Try again, here is the window sticker. Nice try.

this is the HF model...tuned for max econ.

oh, HP was 65, weight 1850 lbs, 0-60 was 13.2 seconds; measured real world economy was about 30/40, according to:https://www.automobile-catalog.com/car/1988/1100855/honda_crx_hf.html.

what you don't remember about back then is epaulet gas estimates were gamed as much as vw emissions, by every. This var got similar real world MPD as today's Honda Civics, except the civic of today is much bigger, safer, and faster.

[Anonymous]

I point out my 35 year old car got better gas mileage than new ones, prove it, and now you guys want to make excuses on why it did? The link above claiming 30/40 says "simulation based on the European type of traffic". Real people in the real world got 50 plus driving it like a normal car.

It's gotta suck to be so wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

My 1984 Honda Crx was rated at 52 MPG, non hybrid, just a regular old car. I drove it to 285000 miles with noting more than gas and oil changes.

We have come a long way in 35 years......

That’s odd, did Honda make you a special on-off car ? Because these are the official ratings: 39 combined city/highway MPG 36 city 45 highway

Try again, here is the window sticker. Nice try.

Bro shows up with RECEIPTS!

Right? Only on DCUM. Love it!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cars these days are safer, faster, more comfortable, more fuel-efficient, and more reliable.

OP is a clown who should provide more intelligent analysis than just linking to an article on a "Trump rules Libtards drool" blog with a faux-reputable name like "Issues and Insights".

Didn’t read the article and have no political angle, but household appliances now have about 1/2 the useful life of their predecessors. I have replaced several 20+ year old appliances whose replacements barely make it 10.

That's not because of bureaucrats. The opposite. It's because of capitalists.

Wrong. It's because energy efficiency regulations make appliances increasingly expensive, complicated and fragile. Capitalism works -- if it weren't illegal to make washing machines that actually work, someone would make them and clean up (literally). Speed Queen was doing it for a while, but they have gotten caught by energy efficiency regulations, and now their new machines don't clean clothes any better than the competition. Bureaucrats push energy savings regulations that can "feasibly" be met, but they don't care if your clothes actually get clean, it takes hours to wash, or the machine works for more than 2 years.

Our new top loading HE washer is an excellent washer. Sorry you don't like yours.

And yes, capitalists absolutely have driven our replace-instead-of-fix culture of cheap throwaway appliances.

Well how do you know it wasn't consumer-driven? Consumers today like everything shiny and new, so they might have chosen to replace an appliance earlier than necessary (i.e. to get stainless steel in their kitchen.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I point out my 35 year old car got better gas mileage than new ones, prove it, and now you guys want to make excuses on why it did? The link above claiming 30/40 says "simulation based on the European type of traffic". Real people in the real world got 50 plus driving it like a normal car.

It's gotta suck to be so wrong.

Please. Back then, the advertised fuel economy was only achieved by unicorns. Nowadays they're called hypermilers. You know that.

Yes, some economy cars got excellent fuel economy back in the day. Now, some economy cars get excellent fuel economy and are safer, nicer. Thanks, bureaucrats.