Thread: I hate new cars because...

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Originally Posted by geezer69

i like new cars and old ones. the thing i dont like about the new stuff is, its dang hard to fix somethin if you cant find it. hahaha.ive had to keep our old wore out 97 mazda runnin cause i cant afford another car. what a pita!!!my 63 nova 1-6 i could lean over the dang fender and do any dang thing i want to and i can see everything.had to change the water pump on the mazda, it took a long time just to find it.heater hose broke. i had a pile of parts on the ground before i could even see that hose.give me 60's and older any time.

I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Other then changing brakes, air filter & the oil which is still a PITA I won't work on them. Someone asked me once why I buy & drive old stuff, my reply was "Because I can still work on them". Hell w/the new stuff you need 1000's of dollars worth of special tools to do most of the stuff.
I have said for a long time we have CRACK HEADS designing these new cars. Who else would build a car/truck that it takes 4-8hrs to change just the plugs???....joe

They put so much crap in the engine bays now it's almost impossible to work on them. Give me the 50 and 60's car anytime where you could have two guys working on the same engine with room to spare.

I have to change spark plugs on the DW's V6 Ford Escape. After you pull the plastic engine cover, the upper half of the intake manifold and a bunch of claptrap, there they are - and that's a $40 DIY job . To do something as simple as replace the PCV - you also have to pull the same parts as the plugs. Then there's my V10 DD pick up - three plugs on each side are under the cowl and they of course are COP which means new boots, an approximate $150 DIY job and several hundred more for a dealer to do the job. Then there are brakes - and I don't care what brand car, you should probably change rotors especially if they are the OEM as there is probably a better then great chance they are worn too far.

I really miss cars like my '68 390 Torino - and I used to b!@#h about the 2 LR plugs where I had to snake a long extension with a flex through the two hood hinge straps to get #7 and 8.

The room and accessibility in my '55's engine bay is a do-it-yourself wrench spinner's dream - - - - ahhhh, but unfortunately, it ain't my DD

Hate all the computer panels that cost 1000 dollars each to replace. The highlander has 5!
Also hate the electronics for the heater control. As it gets older it's about 800.00 to replace. Never had a heater control go out on an old car. When the electric one starts to fail, the car gets full heat on all the time!
Makes for real uncomfortable driving!

Originally Posted by IC2

I have to change spark plugs on the DW's V6 Ford Escape. After you pull the plastic engine cover, the upper half of the intake manifold and a bunch of claptrap, there they are - and that's a $40 DIY job . To do something as simple as replace the PCV - you also have to pull the same parts as the plugs. Then there's my V10 DD pick up - three plugs on each side are under the cowl and they of course are COP which means new boots, an approximate $150 DIY job and several hundred more for a dealer to do the job. Then there are brakes - and I don't care what brand car, you should probably change rotors especially if they are the OEM as there is probably a better then great chance they are worn too far.

I really miss cars like my '68 390 Torino - and I used to b!@#h about the 2 LR plugs where I had to snake a long extension with a flex through the two hood hinge straps to get #7 and 8.

Cost me $190 to have plugs put in my Trailblazer & I would hate to see what it would have cost the son to have plugs put in his 04 Dodge Ram truck, took him about 5hrs to do .....joe