Flashbacks from the past

In the last month or so I have gotten involved with a Facebook page for my high school graduating class. I never really ran with the cool kids in school and do not recognize over half the 600+ kids in my class. It has been really fun connecting with some of my class, those I remember and those I don't. Many of the ones I have connected with have the means to go to meetups and such that I don't but some of the folks I went to school with are no longer alive and able to connect on any level so I consider myself lucky in many ways.

Modern car reliability

Recently I happened upon a report by JD Power that looked at 3 years of non maintenance repair frequency of single owner cars. It did not surprise me that Chrysler vehicles were at the bottom of the list. What I did find remarkable was even the worst brands averaged under 2 repairs during that time period. When I was younger I worked in service stations and auto dealers and most vehicles were back at the dealer more than 2 times in the first 90 days for non maintenance repairs. Combine the current repair numbers with the extended maintenance schedules and cars have really come a long way in the last 40 years that I have been driving.