On May 3, 12:32*pm, Nate Nagel wrote:
On 05/03/2012 09:41 AM, TimR wrote:





On May 3, 9:02 am, "Ed *wrote:
*wrote

Dont you just love the new technology, cheap plastic headlights, cheap
fuel pumps (built like kids toys) that die and leave the driver
stranded, and the list goes on. *Modern cars are GARBAGE!

Cars are far more reliable than years ago. *Last time I was stranded was
1986. *Before that, it was common to see cars broke down on the side of the
road. *Very rare today.

Yup. *I'm driving a car with 100,000 plus on it, and it starts every
time.

When I was a kid, several! decades ago, a car that old wouldn't
reliably make it to the grocery store.

I haven't changed a flat tire in probably 30 years. *When I was a kid
I did it so often I became skilled at it.

I don't think older cars are as bad as they're made out to me. *My dad
put about 300K miles on a '67 Cutlass before the frame rusted out. *It
probably needed a new carburetor too but other than that it was running
well. *He still has the '73 Chevy pickup that my grandfather bought new..
* The original 307 was replaced with a junkyard 350 years ago, and the
points ignition was replaced with a junkyard HEI (back when you could
still get HEI dists at a junkyard) but other than that it's got all the
original mechanical bits. *I don't know if he's got it back together
yet, living in PA it's in the middle of its second mini-resto, the
bodywork/paint job that I did on it when I was in high school was
starting to look a little shabby, as are the bed floor boards that I
made for it at the same time.

nate

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Most of those cleaners work fine. Problem is the uv resistance in the
headligh plastic has deteriorated. You can make them look new again
but it won't last long. It's fine if you don;t mind cleaning them
again a few times a year. But if you want them fixed you need to get
replacements.