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I [attempt to] keep two vehicles maintained, for just myself, on account of one of them always malfunctioning.

Are they relatively new cars? I can't imagine doing this unless I had junkers. I know people driving Civics from 2010 that have no problems.

~2010 Subaru & Toyota

One of them is actually fairly reliable (used as work truck); but I'll never buy another Subaru.

What are you doing to your cars to make them malfunction?

I don't recall my 80's cars having any significant issues outside of standard stuff and "has driven more than 250k miles" issues.

All the 80-90s car problems are intake stuff, IAC valves and all that stuff. I had so many cheap 85-95 Fords (Probe, Escort, Mustangs) and Preludes that all had pain in the ass idle air problems. The fords would always wind up dying at stop lights. Hondas I don't think got that bad but they'd rev up and down at lights, I guess keeping themselves running vs the Fords that I had to do it myself.

I'm pretty sure my 85 Cherokee had idle problems too. That jeep was scary to get on the highway. SO slow.

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