08-02-2018, 12:16 AM
My view is that we have a generation separation. I learned my mechanicing skills lying in the gutter outside our house with Haynes manuals and a copy of " How to keep your Volkswagen alive".
Modern cars have very few parts or systems which one can repair without computer skills and the right program. Thus we have comparatively few young up and coming amateur engineers who have learned the skill out of necessity.
Of course there are many young enthusiasts but fewer than in the 60's,70's and 80's.
I sold my BSA trike out of fear of the sort of driver who gets up your backside thinking "How charming" which soon turns into "Get out of the f----ing way!"
Had to get back in there though!
Modern cars have very few parts or systems which one can repair without computer skills and the right program. Thus we have comparatively few young up and coming amateur engineers who have learned the skill out of necessity.
Of course there are many young enthusiasts but fewer than in the 60's,70's and 80's.
I sold my BSA trike out of fear of the sort of driver who gets up your backside thinking "How charming" which soon turns into "Get out of the f----ing way!"
Had to get back in there though!