I guess if you want a car that pukes fumes, gets crappy gas mileage, boils over in the summer and needs an oil change every 3k miles, you should stick to your beliefs.
Most of the time it's the sensor? You mean like O2 sensors that tell the engine how rich or lean to make the mixture based on the current air temperature and pressure? Other than that, most OBD computers are really good at nailing down the problem.
Plastics? You mean your dash that doesn't crack in the Arizona heat any longer or the interior doesn't impale your face in a crash?
I don't have any problem working on older cars if that's your thing, but I drive a 265hp 4cyl that gets 25mph and corners on rails, all of it due to the items you enumerated above.
Cool.
You haul hay, fertilizer and cattle with that 4 cylinder?
I have nothing against fuel injection, TBI or direct. I have nothing against sensors.
I keep about 10 vehicles, 2 tractors, several pieces of farm equipment balers, mowers, etc. going and work a full-time day job.
You gotta eat, right?
I think we are of the same mind. I too am glad they don’t make cars the way they used to. Back in the 60’s we’d drive to KS from CA and take an extra set of belts and hoses, a starter, generator, water pump, fule pump, etc... cuz before the trip was over, at least one of those things would fail.
I buy new and get rid of my vehicles before they start having problems, which generally means I dump them before 175K.
I had a 4cyl 25 mph...Toyota Starlet.
What American car do you have with a 265 hp 4 cylinder?
Or are you talking about eh pits of reliability VW?
Mazdaspeed 3?
Were you going to get back to us on that American car with 265 hp 4 cyl?