[jbeard4]

> Over the years, nearly everything on the vehicle has been replaced or repaired, and Campbell says the only original part is likely the body, and even that has had work done on it.

It’s the Tercel of Theseus: if every part has been replaced, is it still the same car?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

[rendaw]

Well the odometer's gotta be the same, right? I reckon the soul of a car resides in the odometer.

[yakkers]

If it's a mechanical one, there's a possibility that it's been repaired or replaced. The mechanism after all these years will likely wear out. At the same time, I know someone with a car whose odometer has been at 249,999km for a few years now.

As for (early) digital odometers, does the soul more specifically exist in the EEPROM chip in the instrument cluster* that stores the odometer data?

*at least on my late-90s car, this is how the odometer/trip meter works.

[dennis_jeeves2]

>I reckon the soul of a car resides in the odometer.

Citation?...

[jschveibinz]

Fun fact: The average replacement rate of cells in our bodies (generally speaking) is around 7 to 10 years. So all of our parts have been replaced several times over...

[Retric]

Neurons live much longer than that, also not everything is cells. Parts of your teeth for example can be 80+ years old if you keep em that long.

[tracerbulletx]

Is a wave the particles of water in it at any given instant, or something else entirely.

[durovo]

Speak for yourself, old man

[comprev]

Trigger's broom!

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=56yN2zHtofM

[pier25]

this is the comment I was looking for

[xattt]

A bigger question might be is whether the sum of replacement parts is worth less than the sum of the part.

[actionfromafar]

TCO is more interesting IMHO.

[vehemenz]

The answer isn't as sexy as the question. Ontological questions, and therefore mereological questions, are a matter of convention based on how closely-associated relations—like how the "parts" of the "car" function—cohere over space and time.

[v5v3]

Trigger's Broom

https://youtu.be/56yN2zHtofM

[j45]

They clarify the body is still original in the article. So nearly everything isn’t everything.

[tedk-42]

VIN plate removed too? Maybe the engine block is also the original...

[geodel]

Yeah, thats the first thought came to my mind as well. It does give me a great deal of satisfaction when a tool, gadget or anything last long with daily use and limited maintenance.

[stefanka]

Everything but all the diodes down its left hand side

[hermitcrab]

It is the same broom, it's just had 2 new heads and 3 new handles.