RM>>the place or fix plumbing and electrical problems, and I was driving 10 to 1
  >>year old cars at the time, bought cheap and fixed up by myself as well.

MP>>These days it seems kids have no idea how to do any of that stuff.

MP>There are a lot of practical things that are still relevant today.  Most of
  >what I learned about cars, when I first started driving, is not.  I feel
  >like they try really hard to make it difficult for the owner to do much to
  >them any more beyond very simple things like changing the air filter or
  >(maybe) a bulb.

True, other than fluid changes and other minor things there's not a lot you
can do yourself without a lot of special equipment today. I remember in the
past tearing engines down to the block to replace manifolds and carbs or lying
under the car replacing exhaust systems but those days are mostly gone.

On the plus side, now you can often go many years and many  thousands of miles
without a tune up, something we used to have to do usually every year and the
engines now often last 2 or 3 times as many miles as they did back then.
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