Ya know, I love technology. Reliability has been improved quite a bit since I first started driving, but sometimes I think they've taken it too far. Used to be, if it was getting spark and fuel, it would run. Now there's so much crap under the hood it takes a college boy to figure out what it all is, and HE better stay current.
Maybe it's time for a new People's Car? My brother takes frequent trips to Ireland and Scotland for his work. He claims most all the cars over there get our equivalent of sixty miles to the gallon, don't have very many bells and whistles, are three cylinder diesels, have manual transmissions, and are built bullet proof.
I remember my first brand new buggy. It was a '73 Chevy pickup. Had a thermostat take a crap at 40k. Bought one for eight bucks, popped the hood, climbed inside with my butt on the fender and my legs dangling inside, popped two bolts off the gooseneck, pealed off the old gasket, pulled the old thermostat and stuffed in the new one, pulled the dip stick and smeared some oil on the new gasket, slapped it back together and it was a done deal. Total time less than fifteen minutes. Have one go bad now a days and see how many scheckles you'll be laying out.
Hope those fruit pickers didn't get her.
