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Warning: Heard a guy at the gas station in Flagstaff say his '92 F-150 is a better truck than anything made after 2000.
He said it's because you can fix anything on it with a hammer, a wrench, and a prayer, and that got me thinking maybe we've traded simple toughness for too many computers.
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ryanburns28d ago
What about the people who can't fix their own truck no matter how simple it is? My neighbor has an old Chevy sitting on blocks because he doesn't know how to change the spark plugs. Simple doesn't always mean useful if you don't have the skill. Maybe the real change is that fewer people even want to get their hands dirty now.
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wesley80128d ago
But what if you just don't want to fix it? Honestly, some folks buy a truck to use it, not as a hobby. Tbh, I'd rather have the computer that tells me what's wrong than spend my whole weekend guessing.
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ryanprice2d ago
Wesley's got a point, you just need the truck to work. A basic OBD2 scanner is like thirty bucks and plugs right in, gives you the code so you're not guessing. Ryanburns is right too, but even with an old truck, that scanner can tell you if it's a bad sensor or something actually serious before you call a shop.
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