In general, I doubt I'll buy anything newer than 2010. The cars/trucks are getting too electrified and computer controlled. They have electronic parking brakes now! What used to be metal engine parts are becoming plastic engine parts to lower costs - but plastic deteriorates over the years of hot cold cycles under the hood. Some cars have dozens of computers controlling various systems on the newer cars/trucks, very expensive to replace and may be made of "unobtanium" in 20 years.
You've got plastic intake manifolds going back into the 90s on some products if i recall correctly.
Late 90s anyway. Now they are making as much out of plastic as possible. The small stuff gets brittle, and when you have to tear things apart to fix something, they can easily break in disassembly/assembly.
My one flaw with the toy 5.7 in the tundra/sequioa a plastic oil filter interface.
The exact same part is made for a different engine, in aluminum. Its literally go to dealer, order part for camry v6, put on 5.7 v8, move on with life and less plastic.
Lets not even mention the plastic thermostat housing on my Audi TT. An after market aluminum one is available and everyone puts it on, at the first time they need to crack the system open.
Yeah, the computer stuff is depressing, even in my 2014 truck.
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