It's in there somewhere

[CharlesHarris]

They purposefully design cars these days to make it expensive, and difficult or impossible for the shade tree mechanic to do his own work, because they can screw the car buyer multiple times, first by marking up the sale price, then again on financing the 60-month load period, and again every time you go into the service department and have to pay inflated prices for parts, labour, environmental disposal fee, etc.

My 2000 year model Jeep has 180,000 miles on its original engine and I am fortunate that it has fewer computers and electronics than newer models. Not as simple as my 1984 one was, but more reliable and better gas mileage. But yes, I do take it to the dealer, I'm lucky that the service manager is a good bloke who's honest.