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As another said, That is very specific, can't say I've heard of that before, but not a Prius connoisseur, However is right regardless when it comes to ICE engines (internal combustion engine). An engines efficiency goes down over time, there is a lot of mechanical movement and a lot of its components decay overtimes, bearings, piston rings, springs, valves, gaskets, just everything in the engine is not a "lifetime" part. In 20 years, if you on average drive 2 hours a day, 5 days a week at 2,000rpm, just 1 piston has done 41,600,000 strokes, crankshaft has spun 20,800,000 rotations, Camshaft has spun 10,400,000 rotations as has the intake and exhaust cam opened/closed, fuel has been injected into the engine and exploded. It comes at a cost that would honestly be similar to the lost of charge in an EV battery, however the EV battery will lose its charge at a same rate even if "neglected". An engines overall efficiency over time also correlates to the maintanace you put in. Late in a oil service can cause problems causing poor efficiency, as can using the wrong oil, or using the wrong octane/cetane rating fuel/diesel, poor engine cooling, etc, a lot of maintenance is required, and you'll still have poor efficiency after 20 years, at least with a battery, as long as you aren't constantly discharging it completely then filling it, and it is being cooled correctly, it should consistently lose its charge over time.

But that has been cars since forever. The Nissan 400z is just a 370z with some updates, the G3 Subaru imprezza moved their manufacturing to another plant and made them "wide body" but is the exact same, look up the MQB platform from Volkswagen and the list is endless. Same with engines, Volvo modular series of engines has been in production since early 90's and still is to this day with a some changes, and again with Subaru and their EJ series of engines or GM with the infamous LS series. Putting a new body on a old chassis is just how it goes, because simply, it is cost effective, and if it works, why spend the billions in starting from scratch, put the money in a new designs and fix other issues

Late 90's, Early 2000's was a good time for reliable engineering, but it's worth looking into owner groups for finding good reliable cars. Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, etc from the time was always likely to be a good choice, but still some are cheap to buy, expensive to own cars, and vice versa with the euro competitors. Many known for unreliability, but Audi, Alfa Romeo, Skoda, fiat, Opel and more, all had a few trusty and well built cars, as long as you can find a good owner history too and do the research

Yeah, a check engine light could be an emissions issue or simply a frayed sensor wire. However, it could be catastrophic and end up requiring an engine replacement. As a mechanic, I'd recommend taking the car to the nearest automotive parts store and asking them to check for codes, which they often can do for free or a small fee. Codes will indicate the type of problem and the severity, which you can then take to a mechanic. Avoid paying an $800 fix now could lead to a $17,000 transmission replacement later.

Yes and No. Jetta although being a VW model, it is also the creation of a joint venture between VWAG and FAW group, Covering only Russia, China and Iran. The brand name was chosen based on all of the car line ups originated from just being rebadged Jettas, but has since expanded to other platforms

Of all the Volkswagen Group brands (Audi, Bentley, Cupra, Jetta, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT, Škoda) Skoda is top tier. Octavia RS wagons are one of my favorite current production cars on the road

Work for a somewhat expensive automotive brand and yes it is very common. We have cars from $60k to over $400k and beyond, and they all are glued together everywhere you look, that or plastic clips, very little is actually bolted on. Sometimes because in a crash it is better that a piece breaks and fly's off then to stay mounted to the car, and in (most) other cases, probably for cost reasons. But it is a common thing, and has been for a long while, and if executed right, it is tried and true, however if you don't have good quality control and workers who don't care, they're not gonna mount pieces right, and create a hazard

Can be for a few different reasons, but most likely is to aid in dissipating heat from the brakes and aerodynamics. Considering this is an EV, they are usually much heavier, and with more mass, means you need bigger brakes, and bigger brakes means more heat. There should be either a duct in the front grille, or under the car that scoops air behind the wheel well, which cools off the brakes at speeds, and this duct you see from the outside gets air out of the wheel well.

Another additional side effect can also be that scooping air out from under the car and to the outside means you have a low air pressure zone under the car, which helps create down force, which makes for better cornering speed and highspeed grip.

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genuinely an amazing product, don't even need wipers in the rain if you have it applied. And last a decently long time. Will advise though don't use the window washer additive for newer cars, can cause the sensor to always think it is empty

Likely just a "Are you 16 or older?" Check mark and that is it. Any site willing to show ✨ The Internet ✨ in all its glory really don't care enough to actually require anything more, also doubt they'll enforce any site over seas, probably a few headlines that they're sueing sites like IG, TikTok, etc but it'll be such and insignificant amount it'll just be another cost of operation to the companies.

Cool concept, but it is all just dicks, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and the "Cool S" symbol. Maybe today the internet wasn't beautiful