[KaptKaos]

Another reason to hate new cars. They're designed to generate service revenue for the dealers. Most new cars come with a big plastic cover over the engine. They may as well label it "DO NOT TOUCH".

Just tonight at my autoshop class, a guy was trying to R&R a water pump on a camry v-6. The pump sits on the drivers side of the the engine. There is a cover that manages to cover the top 1/8" of the pump that can only be removed by removing a ton of other stuff. Without removing it, you can't get the pump out. Why?? There is no reason why this had to be like this, unless it was done on purpose.

Here's the reality: Car manufacturers don't want you to do your own maintenance and they don't want you keeping a car more than 3-4 years. They sure as hell don't want their products lasting 20 years, and they're building in obsolescence to make sure of it.