ctandc72
Well-Known Member
For all those older guys saying cars are harder to work on now - bullshit. I'm 45. I cut my teeth on setting mechanical points, setting timing curves with different weights (remember trial and error?), rebuilding Q-Jets while everyone dumped them for Holleys because they didn't realize you needed to tune a QJet to the engine / chassis.
Now?
Plug up a laptop, spend the coin (you'd spend it on rims or tires) to buy a decent software suite - and you can do anything you want.
QC is light years better than 20 years ago. No more cork gaskets. CNC controls and parts actually fitting.
For those saying their time is worth more. Fair enough. Just remember not every person spinning wrenches for a living is a car guy. Not everyone is going to treat your car like it was his. Also remember they are human and everyone has a bad day.
Time?
It takes 15 minutes to drive someplace to get the oil changed. Another 30 (at the very minimum) waiting on it. Longest part of my oil changes is gathering everything together and throwing it up on jackstands. And I know it's done right.
Your car, your money, your time. If we were all the same, it would be boring as hell.
Now?
Plug up a laptop, spend the coin (you'd spend it on rims or tires) to buy a decent software suite - and you can do anything you want.
QC is light years better than 20 years ago. No more cork gaskets. CNC controls and parts actually fitting.
For those saying their time is worth more. Fair enough. Just remember not every person spinning wrenches for a living is a car guy. Not everyone is going to treat your car like it was his. Also remember they are human and everyone has a bad day.
Time?
It takes 15 minutes to drive someplace to get the oil changed. Another 30 (at the very minimum) waiting on it. Longest part of my oil changes is gathering everything together and throwing it up on jackstands. And I know it's done right.
Your car, your money, your time. If we were all the same, it would be boring as hell.
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