1. I don't see how this topic pertains to the Lakes Region.
2. Asking people about opinions on cars is like counting leaves on a tree. You will get innumerable, unique, often contrary answers.
3. I have a 20 year old Volvo with a turbo and besides a vacuum hose breaking have had no problems with it. Expensive electronic modules? That's a whole 'nother story.
4. The quality of the turbo is probably linked to the overall quality of the car. Cheap car = cheap turbo = uncertain reliability.
5. The fact that turbos have become common implies that the reliability has been proven. However, air bags are common and reliable and yet a manufacturer managed to screw them up and unleashed a massive recall. Car wiring has been reliable and yet someone made a change that made wiring tasty to rodents and people's wiring started to get chewed up yielding massive and complicated repairs. Fools can mess ANYTHING up.
6. Complexity in modern cars is a fact of life. All the safety sensors are a repair waiting to happen. Complex computer programming monitoring everything is prone to mysterious glitches a la the Boeing 737 MAX. Good luck finding a car without complexity especially when consumers are clamoring for the features that require it. Frankly, this applies to modern life in general. Think about the complex process of how you get your food. You can worry about it or live your life.
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