As compared to an EV which rarely needs parts that each cost thousands of dollars.
The ICE car costs more total, but spread over a large number of smaller payments.
The simplicity of Evs can’t be denied on serviceability. The only argument comes down to ignorance.
An ev would be better than this and in comparison to a modern ice, much much better.
As for being jellybeans, sure roller bearings you can spend an hour searching a part catalog and find something similar. But those aren’t the ones I keep spares or would swap over from my spare parts box.
Even engine bearings are becoming hard to find now on a once reasonably popular motor
We now have atleast 6 cars between my family, none under 200k miles, 2 of which have 300k+ miles. Haven't done a major repair in a decade maybe. I'd say the most difficult thing I've done is replaced a radiator and an alternator.
You can't go by how often a Dodge Durango blows up to talk about how troublesome ICE cars are. Anyone that wants trouble free ownership just buys a Toyota or Honda and calls it a day. Everyone else, that's on purpose and shouldn't really be used against the actual ICE concept.
and there's a lot of experience built around them over the decades.