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Consider television sets. When I was a child they had “television repairmen”. Remember those guys?
But I imagine the next generations will be running around in something very different than cars. Some sort of little personal mobility modules that don’t even have four wheels any more.
That’s probably a good thing though. Ever notice there are more cars than people now days? I’ll pull up somewhere thinking the place is packed with a dozen cars out front, and there will only be three people inside. What’s up with that?
I see that as something thats going to change in a dramatic way. We think cars will never go away but thats what I used to say about rock n’ roll.
But yeah, sooner or later we’ll be buying our vehicles at Best Buy and ordering parts off Newegg.Funny coincidence…Scotty Kilmer on Youtube did a video on this same repair. For a minute when you said your buddy Scott I was wondering if you were talking about him.
Funny coincidence…Scotty Kilmer on Youtube did a video on this same repair. For a minute when you said your buddy Scott I was wondering if you were talking about him.
Yeah, car makes can be a loyalty thing. My dad was always a Chevy man and my Uncle would own nothing but a Ford. But you really get to know what to expect that way…what engines they used, their quircks, what to expect.
I’ve always driven S10 pickups and blazers but I think I’m ready to go Japanese if I want 300k out of a well engineered piece of machinery. Back when they first came around they became popular because they just flat out kicked our a$$ fair and square. My dad had an Isuzu pup diesel with well over 300k and got 41mpg. That doesn’t happen with domestics.
So now I’m just doing my homework on the ones that were the real gems.Yeah, car makes can be a loyalty thing. My dad was always a Chevy man and my Uncle would own nothing but a Ford. But you really get to know what to expect that way…what engines they used, their quircks, what to expect.
I’ve always driven S10 pickups and blazers but I think I’m ready to go Japanese if I want 300k out of a well engineered piece of machinery. Back when they first came around they became popular because they just flat out kicked our a$$ fair and square. My dad had an Isuzu pup diesel with well over 300k and got 41mpg. That doesn’t happen with domestics.
So now I’m just doing my homework on the ones that were the real gems.Appreciate it! But I have to disagree on the ‘get what you pay for’ thing. I had a boss drop 80k on a brand new Jaguar. It was constantly leaving him on the side of the road. My parents Cadillac doesn’t go a couple of months without ending up in the shop.
I paid 3k for an S10 with 100k miles on it and had to spend a $100 bucks once on a new alternator over the next 100k. You should get what you pay for but it just doesn’t seem to work that way.Appreciate it! But I have to disagree on the ‘get what you pay for’ thing. I had a boss drop 80k on a brand new Jaguar. It was constantly leaving him on the side of the road. My parents Cadillac doesn’t go a couple of months without ending up in the shop.
I paid 3k for an S10 with 100k miles on it and had to spend a $100 bucks once on a new alternator over the next 100k. You should get what you pay for but it just doesn’t seem to work that way.Thats what I’m looking for…something I can pick up for peanuts but still get another 100k miles out of without much grief. I remember in one of Eric’s videos, him talking about Honda losing their bulletproof quality around the year 2000 though. That’s what I’m trying to figure out ahead of time…”this make is good up until this year…watch out for bad transmissions in isuzus…etc.
Thats what I’m looking for…something I can pick up for peanuts but still get another 100k miles out of without much grief. I remember in one of Eric’s videos, him talking about Honda losing their bulletproof quality around the year 2000 though. That’s what I’m trying to figure out ahead of time…”this make is good up until this year…watch out for bad transmissions in isuzus…etc.