"Molly Brown" wrote in message
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Up until the sixties and seventies on the weekends I used to see
people in their driveways and garages repairing or doing maintenance
on their cars. I hardly ever see that anymore. It used to be that if
you wanted to have your car repaired you could just go to any repair
shop. Today you have to consider what the repair involves. If it’s
something complicated you need to take it to the dealer and pay the
big bucks or same time next year you’re probably going to have the
same problem. To know why this is just lift up the hood of a car from
that era and then do the same thing to an automobile today.


I remember car maintenance in the 50's and 60's
Change oil every 3000,
points, condenser, plugs, air filter every 5000 6000 miles...

Thank God that's gone.
No distributor to fuss with.
My book sez "change plugs at 100K miles",
Change oil when the light comes on ( usually 6000 mi. )
And somehow, they've positioned the air intake
so my air filter doesn't really get dirty !
New paints mean wax once a year... ( if that )

It's worth the $20+ for a shop to change the oil & filter.
Too many home mechanics used to dump it in the ground,
or in the storm sewers......

About the only job left for me is filling the gas tank,
and the windshield washer reservoir.....
( and since they've sized it up to a gallon,
even that is a rare job.)