Holey cow, 31 years! That is a long time. Two things come to mind, the product was built and designed well, and you didn't buy into Madison Ave.'s tune that you have to have what supposedly was the newest and greatest
It wasn't that I didn't buy into it, it was that I was broke!
I also drove a 1978 AMC Pacer for 11 years, then bought an IDENTICAL one for $600 in 1989 and drove that for a couple more years.
My stove is one I got used in 1989 for no cash through a barter club I belonged to when I did massage. And I LOVE to cook. It does fine. I did replace the heating element (by myself) in the oven about nine years ago.
