i can't do modern cars,
too much computery electronic jiggery pokery.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 15:36, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

The only difference sensors and whatnot make is that garages rely on those to tell them what's wrong.
Which is shit because the ECU can only tell that a sensor's going, not what's causing it. Took me a year to track down a problem with my turbo because the ECU kept flaggin up MAF faults and pressure drop faults. Turned out it was a few split hoses.
( Kroney, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 15:38, Reply)

i also don't like that you can't get to engines in modern cars without loads of messing about,
most old cars you can sit in the engine bay and work on it.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 15:40, Reply)

I prefer old cars too
but I'll be fucked if I'm letting a garage do something I can do myself.
( Kroney, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 15:44, Reply)

this,
the only things that get done at the garage is the welding and the suspension, but only because i don't have a pit or a lift to get underneath properly.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Aug 2012, 15:48, Reply)

It's just not the same
when some spanner monkey has to connect a computer to it, before reading off a 5 digit code and THEN whistling through his teeth, shaking his head and going, "woah, that's gonna cost ya"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 15:40, Reply)