Re: Do you ever.....

Posted by ericlb on February 21, 2013 at 04:22:44 from (75.107.64.57):

In Reply to: Do you ever..... posted by Buckeye Oliver collector on February 21, 2013 at 00:42:22:

thats why i run even older ones, my operation requires that i run 7 vehicles myself, 5 of these are trucks 3 with specialized commercial bodies,of the 2 with the factory bodies the newest is a '94 diesel, [ dodge] the 12 valve Cummings is as simple as it gets, this is truck as made 300 grand, working every day and there is still nothing wrong with it, repairs have been just the usual, starter, waterpump, radiator and steering box, not bad the other trucks are even older back in the '80's repairs have been virtually non existent, jut maintenance items, and that done here on the place, by comparision, the wife's monte carlo ss always needs some kind of sensor, replaced, its on its 5th thermostat and sensor at 100,000, paint is pealing off, [ my 80 chevy 1 ton still has its factory paint faded but still all there] my feeling from this and observing my friends newer stuff is that after around 1990 all cars got way more complex and as these vehicles age repairs will be ever increasing, and ever more expensive to keep these new vehicles on the road, a person really has 2 choices, either buy a new vehicle every 5 or 6 years and pay more for it than we did for our first house, or get a much older simpler vehicle which doesnt have all the complicated electronics on it, and it simply sits there and runs. Having grown up when cars were simple, ie inline 6 cylinder engine and basically what it needed to go down the road, and seeing cars get to the point they are now, its just incredible, ill take a old one every time, take a new pickup, out the door with all the bells and whistles in a 1 ton version around 70 thousand dollars, but its aerodynamic,and gets decent fuel economy. Now say a 1947 chevy pickup, out the door what 1200? worth today anywhere from scrap to mid 30 grand if its been restored, it also is aerodynamic, and gets good gas mileage, it doesnt look like some version of the egg, most often if it stops running, you get your hip roof toolbox out of the back and change either the points and condenser or the gas filter and its running again. today, if your truck stops running, you have it towed to the dealer for several hundred bucks, then a 25 year old kid changes out parts on it for a week trying to figure out which little electronic doo hicky is bad, while you make a 900 dollar payment on a truck your not able to drive, thats progress, then you pay another several thousand to get the truck out of the shop if the warranty doesnt cover the repair, and for a truck that does the same job that the old 1947 model was doing back in the day, it just didnt have cup holders leather seats or gps, but they now sell all that at walmatr

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