Defective Patio complaint

[^woody^]

For example if you assumed a patio should be good for 20 years

Your example is clearly *******s as no one expects a car to last 50+ years.

Hang on. First you say that someone can assume something can last [20 years] and then you say no-one can expect something to last [50 years].

So do we assume or expect?

BTW how long can someone "expect" their car to last? Does it matter if its a Rolls or Dacia? Does it matter if they keep it in the garage and drive it once a week and service it once a year, or by the coast and thrash it daily and don't service it? Who defines the expectation of a car purchaser? Do you actually know about this stuff or are you just assuming it all?

 

[Captain Nemesis]

BTW how long can someone "expect" their car to last?

Depends on the car, how its kept and maintained and driven, where it lives etc. I would expect a premium make of car, properly maintained, garaged, not thrashed, accident free, not near the sea, to last 50 years assuming no design flaws that no amount of care could negate.

Or at least I would expect such cars from the 70s/80s/90s to last. Not sure whether a 2021 S-class, for example, would be as likely to last to 2071 as a 1971 one lasting to now, because of the huge increase in complexity.

Does it matter if its a Rolls or Dacia?

Age factor the other way. 1970s RR bodies from Pressed Steel Fisher rotted away just as merrily as BL ones. A modern Dacia might well be better.