re: Can you buy new vehicles that do not have fancy computer systems?

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want my washer, dishwasher, and toilets to have however much water as they can hold.

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Amen

While the 7.3L is a sluggish dinosaur"


It's easy and cheap enough to "wake it up".

Good luck finding a mechanic who knows how to tune a carburetor. "


Hi.I became a mechanic in 1980 and retired in March of this year. 40 yrs. I was there when carbs were in main use and when the computer/fuel injection began. During the 1980's the big three used computerized carburetors. I liked them better because you adjusted them to make fuel and emission data fall in line. It was definitive-not by "feel" or "sound". If the numbers in the data weren't right then you weren't adjusted correctly. Now, I did adjust countless non-computerized carbs using vacuum guage, tach, and "sound"and "feel". The fuel injection of today is light years ahead of any carbureated system.

This is why Toyota needs to do a limited release 70 Series Land Cruiser in North America. There is a niche that would sweep them up in a heartbeat.

Roper dryers. Two knobs. Time and heat level. We abuse ours and it just won’t quit.

I’ve been in the car business right at 30 years ago and those times are long gone. Even base models have miles and miles of computer wiring and computers controlling everything.

Base Model Tundra will meet your needs

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And could count on your car to damn sure not last 150k miles.

These days not getting 300k trouble free miles is a problem. Old cars sucked. They were steaming hunks of shite by every measure compared to modern cars.

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Yep, most all of the things the old guys are wanting in this thread sucked. Dunno how many times growing up we had to change belts kn the washer and dryer.

Cars were lucky to get 100k maintenance free, really lucky.


I'm not young, in late 30s but the revisionist history of shite drives me nuts. Products sucked back then.

Same kind of people who complain you can't raise a family on a blue collar job anymore and single income... well no shite if you try and live likes its 2020, its gonna cost you. Live like its 1985 if you want that shite.

All BMW's since at least 2010 require service after the battery is replaced. It's so the alternator knows at what level to charge the battery.

The car will run, but the battery will be overcharged if there is no reset. Independent BMW shops should have the capability to reset.

It's BS, but BMW has come up with a lot of BS lately.

My 2009 requires it. What’s the big deal? I use an independent mechanic and have purchased two batteries over the years. I want my car to work, I’m not waiting until my battery shits the bed before I change it. It’s in the trunk and although I could technically change it, it’s not one easily found at Autozone.