On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:25:14 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 9:51:57 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:49:25 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 9:19:36 PM UTC-5, rbowman wrote:
On 08/29/2015 03:22 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
Heck some of the new engines have a separate coil plugged directly on to each spark plug. No more spark plug wires or distributor. ^_^

Yep. I'm one of those people that open the hood when I'm looking at a
new car to make sure I can work on the thing. The Yaris has a polymer
cover over the top of the engine and I assumed the plug wires were
hiding under it, not wanting to start taking the car apart with the
salesman standing there. closer inspection after the purchase showed
there was nothing under there but 4 little plugs with their individual,
computer controlled, coils. At least I could see all 4 lined up in a
row. I have bad memories of cars where only 6 or 7 of the 8 were accessible.

My newest vehicle is a 20 year old Jeep and It's easy to service. The parts are available everywhere and I like it because even though it's two wheel drive, I can go places and climb over things a little Honda fears. Besides, I can get in and out of the SUV without cracking my skull open. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Jeep Monster


Sounds a bit like my little old Ranger --


That ranger pickup of yours is the right height and not too tall that you must climb up into it like a lot of full sized trucks and vans. I have a full sized van that I had a hard time getting in and out of when I could walk. When my pal Stinky, who I let use my Jeep, comes by to pick me up for a field trip, it's not that hard for me to get from a wheelchair into the passenger seat.

For a while, I drove one of those little Ford vans based on the Ranger chassis. It was perfect for running service calls at malls because even with the ladder rack, I could get into parking decks. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Van Monster
I had two of those "AeroScares" and loved them too. I sold the first
one at somewhere around 160,000kms - to a friend who took it well over
240,000km. I replaced that 1989 with a 1990 that I took to over
240,000 km before selling it. If the bodies stood up better they would
both have gone a lot farther.