I'm 62. Bought over 115 cars. Remember cars well from the 50's and 60's. Owned a bunch of them. Like seeing them now at car shows and often hear how much better old cars are than new cars. I'm a live for today and tomorrow kind of guy so I don't dream of the past. There is no comparison of the quality of cars today vs cars of the past. I've owned both and still do. Just sold my last 90 Allante. Tires! Batteries! Radios! Seats! Engine power! Engine life! MPG! Etc, Etc. The only thing older cars had was better looks,
well more chrome and they didn't all look the same and had thicker metal then(better/worse?). I've bought 9 Kubotas in the last 6 years and each one has had some improvements over the previous model and one had some not improvements but it's gone. There are "probably" more Kubotas sold every year than there were ever in the previous years so more parts made which usually means more spares made. Will probably be able to get replacement parts easier for current models than you can now for those 20/30 year old Kubotas. Some people like the shift on the column, straight transmission cars and some like a tractor to be a tractor meaning a hand crank and steel wheels and no power steering but most of us like to turn the key and with one finger steer this tractor all over our yards and just press the pedal for back or forth according to sales figures. We are the major buying public us "want it easier to operate" people!!!
That's what I do with my trucks. I "might" wash once or twice a year. Usually its after the winter to flush away the salt. NEVER during the winter. Of course, it get Rust Check'd each year too.