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Date:         Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:12:30 -0600
Reply-To:     "Gary Lee www.vwrack.com" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
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From:         "Gary Lee www.vwrack.com" <gary2a@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
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Today's young people may be mechanical nitwits, but I wouldn't say
they are nitwits.  Not that anybody has, but I gotta stick up for them.


Modern cars are very complex.  Complicated cars are harder to repair
than simple cars.  Most people would also agree that with that
complexity we also get far lower emissions and higher safety than
vanagon era cars.  So it's easy to see why repairing one's own car is
not within the scope of a lot of people nowadays.


Want a simple car?  Too bad we can't buy third world market car in
North america.  Like an Indian Tata, it's simple and cheap.  What you
loose out on is comfort, safety and lower emissions.


Gary Lee
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