Cars are so expensive anymore, and the engines so complicated, with all the electronics and sensors, that the days of the shade tree mechanic are gone.
Exactly. The average person can't work on a car anymore. No way kids or young adults can build and work on Hot Rods these days.
It’s a shame. I wish my sons had the opportunity to work on engines, the way teenage boys did in the past.
These days, many boys and young men put together computers at home. They play around with robotics a bit. But I’m sure they would prefer to work on something they could drive on the street. Oh, well, those days are gone now.