Much has happened in the marine industry. If your boat is over ten years old they dont want or need your business and do not want to work on it or attempt repairs. Even if it looks like new and has ultra low hours. I think it's just another step in our throwaway society.
EVs are going to take this up to another level of throwaway.
I'm totally with you on boats. It's a very real problem.
When I ran a boat manufacturer we serviced every boat every sold under the company name (that came to our shop) - all the way back to the 60's, it was hard and sometimes we needed the customer to help with parts but we never turned away our own clients.
On EV's that was and is a real concern, but I can still get service on a first gen model S.
I never expected GM to set such a low bar of intervals.
One could say it isnt GM, but that dealer, but you cant work directly with GM so you are stuck with the dealers.
Longevity of parts and assurance of long term service and care WAS part of the appeal of ice.
If that goes out the window then so does a major reason for buying Ice.
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