Damn cars

Hello again. I'm not sure about you if you're truly into cars but you may or may not know that no cars are the same. And it will be interesting if you start your career as a mechanic but just bear in mind all the different cars mechanics deal with. For any mechanically basic car, it's no big drama even a popular 80s car could be fixed by a leisure car enthusiast. A learning novice could achieve a good repair for the likes of changing the oil, replacing spark plugs, light bulbs, windscreen wipers, brake pads, replenishing wiper washer water and washing a car. If you like working on cars, isn't it great to do so.

If you look at modern cars, things as you may know are completely different to go about maintaining them. Cars nowadays are becoming more aerodynamic, more economical, more powerful and packed more with electronics. And what can annoy novice mechanics are pretty much everything in the name of automotive maintenance. At times, mechanics may swear just because they get frustrated getting some tasks done and i'm not making it up. It can happen.

So, i'll take my car as an example. My car is a 2006 Holden Astra and as as per modern car, it's part mechanical and part electronic. There was a time I need to have the high beam lights investigated but there's one problem. Access is rather limited all because there are so many paddings crammed underneath the bonnet. My car also uses Euro blades, a type of wiper blades that are just one strip and can be clipped on. The timing belt would be very hard to access especially for major services when for every 60,000 kilometres, the belt needs replacing and it would be an expensive job. Of course, I don't mean to say these things in a nasty way but this is what modern cars nowadays are like.

Other cars which are a pain to get by and i'll give out some examples are Peugeots, Mercedes-Benzes and hybrid cars. I was considering buying a Peugeot 306 but words from a mechanic I used to know tell that they're tricky to fix when a problem comes up. With many components arranged differently, these cars would be labour consuming and costing money. With a used Mercedes-Benz, what I found out from a Youtube uploader and mechanic Scotty Kilmer, there is a reason why Merc fanatics trade in their 3 year old cars. Because there may be chances of glitches or worse, an electronic meltdown in a used Mercedes-Benz and think about the money and expertise used if a problem comes up.

Scotty also came across in another Youtube video a broken down old Toyota Prius. He pointed out the problems hybrid cars may face later in life such as a dead hybrid battery, hybrid computer system meltdown and the whole removal of the petrol engine-electric motor combination which in total would mean a great sum of money to fix it up. If you like to know a bit more on Scotty Kilmer, do a search on Youtube and you should find a channel under his name.

So, do you get the ideas now? Cars are becoming more difficult to fix and maintain so these repairing tasks are being reserved for mechanics. We all have to live with budgeting for when we next get our modern cars serviced and all I can say is damn cars.

And by the way, I came across the term damn cars as one of my cousins who had a problem with his car said that. This sends a simple yet strong statement.

I hope to be back again soon!