Cavey wrote:
@doc
I don't accept that, living standards have immeasurably improved since when I was young. I drove around in a 12 year old Capri and was considered flash and quite the catch (even if I do say so myself lol), and in order to do even that I had to source, and do the engine transplant in my mate's dad's garage and pump all my disposable income into it (I had a reasonable job too).
I'm quite surprised you don't seem to know that the 12-year-old cars of 30 years ago were a hell of a lot easier to work on with basic tools than the 12-year-old cars of today. I've changed gearboxes, replaced and tuned carbs and dizzy caps, swapped wheel bearings and brakes and batteries, polished valves, and swapped out cylinder heads -- all with little more than spanners, screwdrivers, a torquewrench, a timing light, feeler gauges, and an engine hoist. You can't get near modern cars without a suitcase full of Manufacturer's Proprietary Tools Numbers 1 Through 148 and an ECU programmer with OEM-specific software.
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I hardly see 20-somethings doing that now, most lease new Mercs and Beemers lol. Shit, even the sixth form car parks are chock full of brand spanking cars
I'm really confused, are we despairing because the kids of today are buying cars or because they are not buying cars?