Doctor Drivel wrote:


"Dave Baker" wrote in message
...

We've had debates about this sort of thing on uk.rec.cars.maintenance
a couple of times and my opinion FWIW is that much of the 'progress'
in cars over say the last 25 years has been retrograde. I have no
doubt that handling, ergonomics, comfort, safety has generally
improved but all the added complication has added weight and cost and
use of resources with no real net improvement in fuel consumption.
Owner servicing and repairing is almost a thing of the past because no
one understands what the hell any of the bits under the bonnet do
anymore.


Neither do the dealers.


So that makes the Prius a bag of **** that does not come up to the
salesmans speel?

Dave