New Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Why - Jalopnik
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If you've gone under the hood of a lot of late-model cars, you may have noticed something missing: the dipstick. Why do so many new cars lack them?
  • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    all the things you said are good provided the dipstick is still there. cost nonwhitstanding.

    which is already a thing in some cars.

    a lot of the ones that get rid of the dipstick (its semi-common on transmissions now) end up being disposable.

    friend of mine had a ford like this. and it cost more than the car to fix after only 10-15ish years of use. its terrible.

    • 3abas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      friend of mine had a ford like this. and it cost more than the car to fix after only 10-15ish years of use. its terrible.

      Yeah, that’s just how it goes as the engine becomes more complex, leaving a dipstick there is not gonna change that…

      • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 days ago

        leaving a dipstick there and not recommending against changing your transmission fluid would not have ruined the car in a measly decade.

        please don’t trust these corporations. unrepairable items are engineered to be unrepairable, and vice versa.