Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "Is It Stupid To Fix Up A 300,000 Mile Vehicle? Let Settle This!" video.

0:15 Here in Finland, all cars older than 5 years have mandatory yearly inspection and you cannot legally drive any car with that much slop in steering (or in suspension in general). Old cars do not have sloppier steering here than say 7 year old cars if they are street legal. Even a single sloppy ball joint in the steering parts results to failed inspection and if the car is otherwise drivable, you get 30 days extension for the car to fix the issue and re-inspect the car. If you fail to repair the car, it's illegal to drive the car on public roads after those 30 days.
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@AcrylicGoblin Nope, the inspection is about making sure the parts that are important for safety haven't rotted away. As long as the rubber seals around ball joints haven't failed, the ball joint should work perfectly even if the car is 30 years old. And if a ball joint fails, a new one costs typically 30–50 USD. In worst case, a full set of all ball joints and suspension arms for the front of the typical passanger car costs around 1000 USD so you don't need to replace the whole car, just the broken parts. I'm driving 25 year old and pass the yearly inspection with flying colors as long as the suspension isn't broken. (And once you are familiar with the car, you'll feel that the suspension is not perfect long before you fail the inspection.)
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@ If you check Our World in Data info for "Death rate due to road traffic injuries, 2000 to 2019" you'll find out that US has 12.7 deaths per 100K people and Finland has 3.9 or about 70% less. Sure, some of that could be just skill issues but having broken cars in traffic surely makes a difference, too.
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This content speed or even slighly slower is perfect. No need to make shorter videos as long as you have great content for a longer video.
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12:30 If you paint the cleaned parts with bright red, you get instant +10 HP in bystander's minds.
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