Many people on this thread obviously don’t work on their own cars. I’ve kept cars running just fine for years with non-OEM parts at less than half the cost or better.
“Many people on this thread obviously don’t work on their own cars. I’ve kept cars running just fine for years with non-OEM parts at less than half the cost or better.”
Most people think that having a computer in their car means that they can no longer work on it. I tell them what you probably tell them, which is two things:
1) For many items, like brake jobs, oil changes, and many smaller items - NOTHING HAS CHANGED - it was (relatively) easy in the past, it still is.
2) For most of the new stuff (emission controls, engine speed and crank position sensing), the computer TELLS YOU when something is wrong. It’s not even fair, compared to the old days when you had to find the root cause of a rough engine with a few blunt instruments.
Not to mention that YouTube will practically walk them through just about ever repair under the sun. Personally, I try to avoid YouTube, as it’s like cheating - part of the challenge is figuring out how to do stuff. But that isn’t even needed anymore.