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vws were great because they were uncomplicated easy to fix and had no unnecessary electronic parts. any garage could fix them and you could buy bumpers for 50 bucks gas stations stocked headlights. mot parts were interchangable with a VW bug and they were cheap and common. engine swap could be done very easily, they dint have 40.000 dollar proprietary batteries that limited their useful lifetime. the batteries they hasd were compatible with most other vehicles and were designed to be disassembled and recycled easily.
I find htis new stuff way to overcomplicated for me. too much plastic to much dependance on proprietary electronics. poor compatibilty poor factory support with manuals necessary tools etc. difficulty finding used parts or non dealer support.
having never owned a car with no ashtray or with antilock brakes, Im quite happy and that stuff I can fix all by myself. I have never made a payment or needed a loan, never needed to hire a mechanic, never been on a car lot or put up with pushy salesman jabber.. never paid over 2K for a car.. and 45 years of driving fun. I have 6 older cars so I really don't need this mew junk..
although not rare or expensive cars they are all appreciating in value each year. I do not need to buy collision insurance , never have. I could afford to write any of them off. I would not have bought my house if I had decided to waste money buying new and quickly depreciating cars. Anywhere I go I seem to have the oldest car in the lot and I even get some admiration when I stop for gas. I dont ebven own a garage. one goes down the other soldiers take the brunt. I do some maintenance each summer. two aare colletable vehicles,mostly kept just for the fun, my porsche 944 and volvo 122..
its not a system that works for everyone , sure, but I'm quite happy to not ahve a "payment plan"
all I really buy is parts and tires. wreckers vanished so Il lbuy a car for parts and disassemble it occasionally. I mostly drive 90's volvos they dint change all the parts so often and there were enough so that most parts are still available. easy to fix, all rear wheel drive. lots of room for the hands, no turbos not much electronics.
the most repliable car is my 122 why? robustness and simplicity. No electronics, decent power good mileage. I did a few performace upgrades, balancing rebore polished ports hotter cam, its a little screamer and it idles like a singer sewing machine.
Much like the VW carmon ghia the volvo 122 has a counterpart, the sporty looking P1800, same drivetrain basically. similar design comparison. both were simple well engineers cars that lasted.and the factories then didn't break the mold every year, they made sensible upgrades over time as tech developed.
I feel that all car makers lost their direction. I certainly do not want a car with a computer screen.
I feel I get enough of compuuter screen time outside of my car. why would I want one in my face when driving my car?
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