If someone asked me to describe the most reliable two wheel motorized vehicle my description would be have it looking like a CCM bicycle with a B&S pull start motor. Other than reliable it would be a piece of junk. Nightmare brakes, no lights, lethal handling, pathetic performance and efficiency etc. However you could diagnose and fix it at the side of the road with a monkey wrench. Often.
A car would be the equivalent of a buckboard.
That said today's vehicles are far more reliable than those of yore but when they do strange things you can't just sniff the carb, pull a plug and diagnose the problem. OBD doesn't tell all tales.
The older cars IMO tended to fail after a warning. Hard to start came before wouldn't start. Misfire came before sudden death.
So if you had to pick the most reliable new car what would be your choice?
A car would be the equivalent of a buckboard.
That said today's vehicles are far more reliable than those of yore but when they do strange things you can't just sniff the carb, pull a plug and diagnose the problem. OBD doesn't tell all tales.
The older cars IMO tended to fail after a warning. Hard to start came before wouldn't start. Misfire came before sudden death.
So if you had to pick the most reliable new car what would be your choice?