Joel Adams
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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"
MARK
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The cars of today are so high tech, that this old dog is to old to keep up with them, and I am very select on which ones I will work on. Your Audi's, Mercedes, Beemers, etc. top the list. However the cars today are high tech compared to what we drove and worked on when we were young 30 or so years ago. OK so 30 years from now how much will the technology change? A bunch I bet, including using different fuels, ie elec., water, cow dung, etc. So my point here is the cars of today that will become classics later will be gas burners, high HP clunkers, and prolly be considered hot rods cars in 2038. I think I'll go out and pick up a 2009 Z06 put it on blocks and when I'm 90 years old I can drive a Hot Rod. Iffin they will let me have my dang license.
You can tinker with the cars of today. You use a lap top and change computer chips rather than adding carburetors...no where near as elegant...but every bit as effect. Based on watching my racing friends manipulate their engine management systems, it doesn't appear to be all that diificult. If you really screw it up, you can always call up the default and start over.
What has been lost is the individual style. The differences between a "57 Ford and a '57 Chevy can be spotted blocks away. Today, you have to be close enough to see the emblem on the car the make of the car. They all basically look the same and it is virtually impossible to ascertain a model year. I posed the classic car of the future question to a young friend of mine and, without hesitation, he replied,"The '57 Chevy". In his mind there is nothing being built today will someday be labeled a "classic"...I agree
There is no substitute for low end torque!
Joel Adams
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