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Well, let's see; back in the 60's, most cars were ready for the scrap pile by the time they hit 80K-90K miles, whereas now many will go 150K miles or more without needing any major work.
Is that enough achievement for you?
Oh, you are absolutely right, they should go back to building engines the way they did 40 years ago: carburetors, a mechanical distributor with points and condenser ignition, mechanical fuel pump and no diagnostic electronics whatsoever. Why be able to go 100K miles without a tuneup when you can do one every 15K miles? And just think of all the leg exercise everyone would get pumping the gas pedal to set the choke everytime they start the car, just like in the old days...
These "automotive Luddites" that post to this site are always amusing. They would have you believe that all worthwhile progress in automobile technology stopped around 1975, or 1968, or whatever year the car they happen to own is, and cars built since that date, up through the present, are not only not improved, but are worse than the relics they are trying to keep on the road.
Their motto?
"they don't build 'em like this anymore!"
Well, yeah, they don't, and for good reasons.
At least today's cars aren't buckets of rust within 10 years like the older models were. I agree, thank God they don't make them like they used to.
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