Cloud's car stuff

[xoxoxoBruce]

The 4 cylinder engines of today match the hp of the V-8s of 1975, because they are controlled by a shitload of computers that all have to work together, as Cloud has already discovered.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The 4 cylinder engines of today match the hp of the V-8s of 1975, because ...

They are simpler. Have less parts. Are machined to tenth of a thousandths of inch. Do not use crappy carburetors. Replaced mechanical advance and retard with electronics. Etc.

Cloud's problem were traceable to one not using his brain. A simple system - only one computer, wire and connectors, and a valve. Only three items. A perfectly good computer was replaced four times. Never once replaced the part that was probably sticking - the valve. Did so because failures are mostly traceable to human failure. A mechanic did shotgunning rather than use his brain.

Fixing cars today is so much easier than it was in the 1960s. Back then we would just keep replacing parts until something worked. Today, that computer error code quickly identified failure only traceable to one of three parts. And still that mechanic could not bother to replace a most likely suspect.

Friends kept having a glowing check engine light on a Honda. The mechanic said to ignore it - that was normal. Therefore he was lying. Eventually, they got stuck - had to be towed. Squirrels had eaten through fuel injection wires. Were using the engine as a warm sleeping area. The mechanic could not even bother to see messed up wires all over the top of the engine? Even the computer told him where a problem was. And he still could not see it. Humans are often the most common reason for failures.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yeah, I had a friend trade in a year old Ford pickup because squirrels did $2,000 damage to the wiring harness. That didn't happen on 1975 pickups.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yeah, I had a friend trade in a year old Ford pickup because squirrels did $2,000 damage to the wiring harness. That didn't happen on 1975 pickups.

When the mechanic opened the hood on the 1957 Lincoln, all that remained was an orange cat tail. Repairs were expensive.

[monster]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yeah, I had a friend trade in a year old Ford pickup because squirrels did $2,000 damage to the wiring harness. That didn't happen on 1975 pickups.

That's because back then, the squirrels had more respect. They didn't wear their pants around their knees, weren't attached to their phones and kept off your lawn....

[xoxoxoBruce]

A woman that reminded me of Cloud was parked next to me when I came out of the market... she was driving a metallic green Kia Soul. She asked me what make my truck is, and even wrote it down on her grocery list.