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The Good Old Days (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by monkjerry@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The fact that the whole thing could be worked on in a driveway with basic tools is what I miss.

This is still the case for most parts of car maintenance and repairs. The dealerships, manufacturers, and car mechanics have done a great job in tricking people into thinking cars are these impossible pieces of technology that require certified experts to repair, and then charge $200 an hour to do so. The reality is that all of the mechanical parts of the cars are still perfectly user-servicable. Changing your brakes today is the same as it was 20 years ago. Changing your oil is the same too. Changing spark plugs or a starter is also the same, you just have to remove the cover that they put over the top of the engine to make it look like some futuristic piece of technology. They're still internal combustion engines, and they still work the same way they did 30 years ago.