Is this the end for older vehicles?

23 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this video, Kashif Khan warns that older vehicle owners face a looming crisis as the bankruptcy of First Brands Group – a major supplier of remanufactured auto parts that owns Cardone – will drastically reduce the availability of replacement parts for cars 10‑15 years old. He links this supply squeeze to the nationwide, year‑round rollout of E15 gasoline, which he claims is not approved for pre‑2001 vehicles and causes ethanol‑induced degradation of rubber seals and fuel‑system components. Khan argues that these two developments are a coordinated strategy to force drivers to abandon aging cars and purchase new vehicles equipped with cameras and tracking technology, thereby giving manufacturers and regulators greater surveillance control. He concludes with a call to share the video with other older‑car drivers and to follow his channel for similar daily commentary.

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They're strategically bankrupting the biggest supplier of remanufactured car parts in America, which means if you're driving something 10 or 15 years old, you're about to struggle to get it repaired. A company called First Brands Group filed for bankruptcy, and they weren't small. They're one of the biggest aftermarket parts suppliers in the entire country. They own Cardone, which is a remanufacturer. That's the entire backbone of keeping an old car on the road. So if your manufacturer stopped making the part years ago and And the remanufacturer just closed, your only option left is in a junkyard, and there are only so many of those. And this goes perfectly with a rollout of E15 fuel, the gasoline with 15% ethanol in it, and is now being sold year-round. The problem is it isn't approved for any vehicle built before 2001, and ethanol eats through the rubber and the seals in older fuel systems. So first they put a fuel in your tank that wears your engine down, then they take away the parts that will let you repair it. And the only option you've got left is buying a new car, which now comes with cameras pointed at you, tracking where you go and how you're driving. They want complete control, and this is how you get there without ever announcing it. And make sure to share this with someone who's still driving an older car and follow because I post stuff like this every single day.