Yeah, the big-picture evidence of mfg shadiness is always that stupid differential between the full car warranty and the powertrain warranty. I don't see how the public has put up with that so long. E.g. when you see a standard warranty offer of 3 years bumper-to-bumper and 5 years powertrain: so the powertrain is warrantied to last 5 years, but the rest of the car, including lots of little stupid OEM-only parts you sell at ridiculous markup, is specced to fall to bits in 3? Why would someone buy into that deal unless they planned to throw out the car in 3 years (in which case, why the 5 year powertrain warranty?).
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