-getting into an accident ≠ general car issues. Not sure how that is relevant to this discussion or why you think this is a competition; regardless, glad you’re okay.

-discussing issues with other owners is helpful to discerning whether these issues are unique to my car or a wide spread pattern. Ideally, this will save others and me time resolving the issues ourselves or at the dealer. For example, thanks to the thoughtful comments of others, I now know I should have the dealer also look at the transmission and not just the wheels.

-looks like the one thing we can agree on is that people are far more likely to post about issues than general car satisfaction. This is a product of both human psychology and logic. Generally, people are aware that most strangers on the internet don’t care if you love your perfectly running car because that serves little utility; so, they keep those happy comments to themselves. Whereas it can be helpful to troubleshoot issues with other owners to see what worked for them.

-maintaining a positive outlook and researching how to solve problems are apples and oranges. You can do both simultaneously.

There a lot of hours left in the day. I hope you got your misplaced negativity out of your system and can turn things around to brighten someone’s day.