Remember the pictures of the streets in Havana with 60-year-old cars kept running because that’s all they could get? Get ready for something like that here - if you’ve got an ICE automobile, learn how to keep it running - who knows if you’ll ever by able to buy another one.
They (the swamp)will all of the sudden realize China is bad and ban importation of parts to keep them running.
That depends. I have 3 older ICE vehicles, here in California. A 1966 which is currently exempted from Smog testing. But the other two, a 1995 and 2001, have had issues in passing Smog testing this past year. The rules keep changing. For the first ten years or so, I didn't have to get the 2001 truck Smog tested because it was considered of commercial use. Then the rules changed, and I had to have it tested every 2 years. The rules have changed, tightening restrictions on emissions and making it more difficult to pass. No pass, then no registration for operating on roads.
I didn't have a problem until this past year, where they failed the test and I had to seek resolution. Got them to pass on the 3rd test. I don't know if they'll pass a couple years later. The government will keep ratcheting up the rules until these cars are eliminated from being used on the road.
The problem with keeping today’s ICE cars running past their normal replacement time is today’s cars are full of sensors, electronic control modules, etc.. The days of working on your own car are pretty much over. Have you ever looked under the hood of a modern car? You can barely find the spark plugs or get to them if you did. The 60 year old cars still running in Cuba are relatively easy to work on and fix by any decent back yard mechanic. Maybe better advice is to find a vintage ICE car from the 50s or 1960s and keep it going. I located the 1965 Pontiac GTO my father bought new from an old registration and cop friend that ran the VIN. I’m trying to convince the present owner to sell it back to me.
“...if you’ve got an ICE automobile, learn how to keep it running...”
Of course there is a big difference in keeping a 1960 car running and a 2020 car running. Yes, many 2020s will rack up a lot more miles, but when the computers in them fail with no replacements available the car will go nowhere and you won’t be able to fix it.
Aren’t there loads of brand new cars/trucks waiting for chips so they can be sold?