"Mary Hinge" wrote in message
m...
15 years ago you wouldn't have found a PCB in a car engine compartment
either, yet today they are commonplace and as a result cars are more
reliable and efficient.

20 years perhaps. After the early mechanical GTi's most changed to
electronic quite soon.

Not sure on the "more reliable" bit though as the owner of any 'posh' Land
Rover (i.e. not the real ones) will tell you.