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The issue is tires. Rubber wears out, old rubber oxidizes and breaks down, etc. they'd last for a while, but within 10-20 years they'd be pretty much useless for transportation, unless someone figured out a substitute.
They are precision machines though, and could be repurposed for water wheels, windmills, and other geared machines.
This is what annoyed me about the recent Mad Max movies -- the brand-new knobby tires on every vehicle. I get that they were shot mostly with practical effects and needed good tires for safety, but it's just such a jarringly unrealistic element to a post-apocalyptic scenario. IIRC the original Mad Max had lots of shitty, bald tires because that's all they could actually afford.