High-Tech Vehicles Pose Trouble for Some Mechanics

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People do not consider coke a necessity. People do not drink coke to get them from point A to point B. Most important is coke doesn't cost you $10,000+. They say they don't want to share their knowledge because of the millions of dollars they've invested. Don't let them fool you, America, they just want to rip you off. Think about it, if you had the money wouldn't you rather have your vechicle fixed at a dealership than just the average independitly owned auto repair shop? I know I would, but I do not have the $ to. What's going to happen in 10-15 years when all you can buy are hybrid and electric cars if you want a new one? Get it fixed at a dealership? They wont have the resources to keep up with everyone who has a breakdown or an accident. That and there will not be any independetly owned auto repair shops that will be affordable. Much less getting the information to do it yourself.

Adam Suval of CA 1:16PM January 14, 2010

The public is partially to blame here. The public wants all these add ons further increasing the complexity of the car. At 57 years old I have been watching cars evolve for many years. I also read the magazines of what people said they wanted. It was always style, size, horsepower, as the primary requests. Not sensable requests. My dad bought a new Chrysler van. I thought it was great until I tried to get a standard sheet of 4 x 8 plywood in the back. Ok, I realize im talking to still the mostly idiots that buy cars and have little desire to have something that is useful. Ok, lets get caught again with a bunch cars that just will need to be crunched up. Who cares what the future of the item means. Antique auto clubs like to re-build old autos. One can get the parts and many parts are interchangable - even the engines at times. What the heck! What will be the future of these extravagent machines that will have no future except to be junk. Only a genious will be able to fix one 30 -50 years from now. I know electronics evolve also as I work with electronic parts. Some parts are no longer available. The computers and the complex software running these machines and all their wierd parts will need to be warehoused for many years. Imagine the size of this warehouse. Remember the model T Ford, it had enough tools in its tool box to fix most of anything that could go wrong.
In for new gizmos but????

Todd of OR 9:56PM December 28, 2009