On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, joe wrote:
> and Americans aren't known for frequent car maintainance.
There was a time when frequent car maintenance was easier and more
convenient for Americans who aren't shade-tree mechanics. What I'm
referring to is the scarcity these days of convenient places to get a
tune-up, grease job and oil change. Places like Jiffy Lube don't
count, as they're as likely to damage a car as they are to change the
oil, etc. properly. Not so long ago, there was a higher percentage of
corner gas stations, with more than one mechanic working in them, to
cars. One could often just drive up to a service station, pull into a
bay, and get a car repaired without having to drop it off or make an
appointment.
Even finding a mechanic who can perform a tune up is becoming
difficult; many don't know how to adjust points or carburators, and
one can forget about having the dwell adjusted or getting a
distributor curved; one shop that I called about the later had no idea
as to what I was talking about. If they'd get all these new cars with
ridiculously overly complex engines off the road and put carburators
and distributors with points back in cars, people would have fewer
problems with maintenance and finding parts 20 years later. Of
course, Big Brother wouldn't like that, as the old cars can't be
stopped by a high-energy blast that makes electronic components in the
new engines break down.
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