Why does it seem like older cars are much better than newer cars?

My uncle has a 2003 Honda, a 1910 Ford Model T, and he has a 1951 Cadillac. All of which had been parked in his garage since 2004. Well just recently he wanted to pull them out because he wanted to see if they started up. So far the Model T started up wonderfully once we put new gas in the tank, and the same went for the Cadillac: started up beautifully. The Honda on the other hand did not start up. Apparently the heat had made nearly everything electrical (including buttons) unusable, therefore nothing electrical will work on the car. So the car won't start. He was told that it would cost about $1000 to fix the car in electrical part replacement. Why is this? Even with newer cars this is the issue. If something breaks on it(usually electrical), you need a special guy with a special tool that works a special job fix it. With older cars all you need to do is go to Advanced Auto and pick up a part, or go on Ebay to find the part. Or go to a car show and find a part there. And you already have tools to fix it. I also find older cars more traditional to what a car should look like. Newer cars fail to give off that look because everything on it screams "Made in China and at a cheap price by machines". Older cars are gems that were assembled in America by people that cared. Too bad you don't see that anymore.

I'm not trying to rant, but this sort of thing really ticks me off. Everyone says that newer cars are better, but so far the older cars are proving to be better.

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