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I'd be first in line for a new car that only has the features of cars from the 1990s.

Plenty of low-mileage 90s cars are on the market. If you’re being sincere, just filter by low mileage and single owner and you’ll find your dream car.

Older cars require more ongoing maintenance and repairs.

What I want is a car with '90s features that rolled off the factory yesterday so I don't have to worry about it dying in the middle of a road trip next week.

That's why your parent poster specified "low milage."

This isn't true in any part of the country that has a winter.

True. California or Arizona (no salt on the roads, low humidity) are the unicorn places for cars without holes.

But since they're not being made in 2022, getting parts for them in 2040 will be fraught.

pick a slightly more expensive car from that era that has an enthusiast fan-base; aftermarket parts will be available indefinitely.

no problem finding parts for my (very old) Honda or the (very much older) VW beetle that's in the family.

Gimme something with '20's safety and fuel economy, and '90's features otherwise. Or, even better, an electric car without the computer screen on the inside.

I remember 90's cars safety and gas mileage, and I emphatically don't want that.

Yeah that’s the expensive stuff. The touchscreens and other tech crap is cheap

> Yeah that’s the expensive stuff.

In today's world of subscription heated seats, $9k to unlock pre-installed range extensions, and $10k FSD capability (though without the actual FSD)... I feel reasonably justified in disagreeing with you.

safety has improved, but gas mileage for small cars was great. 90'2 and 00's had lots of compacts that got 40+ mpg highway.

Ford Crown Victoria was sorta that until 2010.

Yeah but the gas mileage on that was only 16 city/24 highway (mpg)...

90s cars of that size aren't any better. But even today, that MPG is common in the US because the fuel efficiency gains in engines get negated by 2/3 of people driving SUVs.

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