I see a lot of bashing of today’s youth with respect to their inability to handle a lot of manual tasks (e.g., car repair and maintenance). Perhaps it’s the average age of the FR poster that makes it appear as if the attacks are aimed at today’s youth, I’m not sure. But as a 20-something, I can tell you the following:
- A lot of newer cars are sufficiently well-made that maintenance needs are reduced in general.
- Virtually all newer cars carry good warranties with higher mileage limitations, so why would I do myself what is covered under warranty?
- More cars (granted they tend to be luxury, but even this is filtering down to more mainstream cars) have normal maintenance and wear and tear items built into the price of the car, so again, why would I change or replace something routine on my own dime and time when I’ve already paid for it in the price of the car?
- Cars are far more electronically controlled today than they used to be. My BMW doesn’t even have a dipstick to check the oil level if I wanted to.
And lastly, to those who would still think today’s youth are useless in this area, I suggest you not mention your opinion of us while we’re fixing your computer for the umpteenth time. I do believe I’ve fixed my dad’s computer far more times than he helped me to fix my first car =)
Hell, I’m 47, and last Summer it was upgrade time so I started with shiny new cases, liquid cooling units, video cards, processors et al, and built 4 computers from scratch, ran Cat5 (We’re gamers, wireless doesn’t cut it) seamlessly through the walls into 5 separate rooms, and had a full blown LAN party with a dedicated server going all before lunch. Technical savvy isn’t necessarily reserved for the young.
“I suggest you not mention your opinion of us while we’re fixing your computer for the umpteenth time”
Computers are not as fun to fix as cars. Plenty of geezers can fix both.
Shouldn’t you be on BookSpace or MyFace or something?
Oh, and about that BMW.....you future wife will make you sell it to buy diapers - so you’ll need to get something cheaper to get you back and forth from your first and second job you’ll be working to pay for all these old-folk entitlements.
(he-he just kiddin’ around....)