Posted by Goose on February 18, 2010 at 07:36:02 from (67.63.68.13):
In Reply to: Re: stuff these days posted by Bryan in Iowa on February 17, 2010 at 20:05:11:
I certainly don't miss the days before EFI when you went out to start your car or pickup in zero weather and one of two things happened. Either the automatic choke didn't close and the engine wouldn't start, or the engine started and the choke stuck shut. MUCH less aggravation nowadays.
Also, when I was a kid back in the '50's, a car or pickup engine seldom made it much over 50,000 miles before needing a "ring and a valve job". Automatic transmissions didn't last any longer. I once owned a '76 Chevy pickup with 260,000 miles that was on it's fourth engine and third trans. One of today's pickups would be expected go that far without ever touching the engine or trans.
Today, it's routine for an engine and trans to go several hundred thousand miles and still be going strong when the vehicle it's in is worn out.
I just started to part out a '92 Olds 88 with 239,000 miles. The engine and trans have never been touched and are still same as new. I'm parting it out because it needs a steering rack and battery, and it's come to the point where it's basically a beater that's worth more in parts than as a running vehicle.
I, for one, greatly appreciate ABS and Traction Control. With the winter we've had this year both have gotten a real workout on my daily driver. Also, several years ago, my wife walked away from a horrendous headon collision. (Not of her creation). Even the law officers on the scene said without the air bag and belts there's no way she could have survived.
It's nice to recall how much simpler vehicles were "way back when". And they were. Would I commit myself to going back and doing without the option of modern technology? No way! It's too convenient to plug a code reader into an ailing vehicle and have the computer diagnose the problem instead of spending hours shooting in the dark using trial and error.
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