Times change, technology advances, priorities change...
Our generation grew up in simpler times, vehicles were easily repaired, a trip to the salvage yard was a normal everyday event, a way to save money or find an obsolete part. The saying "the best car to have is one that is paid for" was valid.
Tell that to a millennial, or gen X, or whatever they are called now.
"Car needs a water pump", a what?
Take it to the dealer "That will be $1500. No prob! Put it on the credit card". Oh, the card won't work... Well let's go look at the new cars!"
As for self driving cars, I agree, they will all have to be self driving, and in communication with each other to be practical. They will be so complex, require specialized software and computer programs that anything beyond changing a flat will be a trip to the dealer.
The cars would have to have safeguards that would disable it, or at least put it out of automatic operation if anything went wrong or any attempt to repair or modify it were detected. Think of the liability involved, the mfg would have to go to great lengths to protect themselves and their software!
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