@pipe_johnny You pay 1st world price for the labor
But you only pay 3rd world price for the labor that massively produces these parts (yes, most of the affordable metal parts come from there), that’s how the damned capitalists saved you money
In 2020 $13,200 got me this Mirage brand new. It always delivers at least 40 miles per gallon. Maintenance means fluid changes. 36,000 miles now, finally paid off in October. Still under warranty. NO SUCH DEAL NOW EXISTS! perpetual broken sorry Boomer Toyotas payd for it all