On 3 Dec 2009 10:55:03 -0800, shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net (Shmuel Metz
, Seymour J.) wrote:

>>This is kind of wishing we could work on our cars the same way as we
>>worked on the 1958 Chevy.  
>
>That's one kind of complaint. Another kind is to wish that they designed
>cars to last as long as they used to.

Back when it was news when cars lasted a couple of hundred thousand
miles.

>>but our cars are better now.
>
>Are they? They're not designed to the same engineering standards, and in
>some cases safety has been compromised in the name of convenience, e.g.,
>replacing sturdy seat belts with dangerous air bags.

Huh?   The 1958 Chevy didn't have seatbelts,  today's cars do.

And it is no longer though of as odd at all when a car goes a couple
of hundred thousand miles.

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