Thanks CyberJack
I think there are many different aspects that has brought our world to this point.
It was a quote I once read on a wall in a business that sums it up.
A man named John Ruskin said, 'There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.'
However, taking care of what you bought has always been ignored by some - but it appears that the trait has become more prevalent (I suppose biologists would call it a dominant trait).
Off topic but, for example, at around the same time back in 1983, my Grandmother (Mum's side of the family) and my Fathers parents, each bought a new car.
Coincidentally, each purchased a new 1983 Holden JB Camira SL/X Automatic.
Now that statement alone will probably cause some previous Camira owners to shudder.
My Father's parents had a old A40 Austin prior to the Camira - rarely repaired/cared for except when it broke. They drove their Camira into the ground - it went to the wreckers in 1996.
My Mum's Mother takes good care of her Camira. Keeps it clean, checks the oil and coolant once a week, and oil change on time.
35 years later, it has so far done somewhere in the region of 280,000 to 340,000 km (odo stopped and restarted itself - indicated 250k). The head isn't original, but the bearings, rings and pistons are.
Just goes to show that taking care of something can allow it to exceed all expectations.
People say its now too old to be any good. But just like a 1983 Victa, it will outlast a lot of the new Asian made stuff on the market now
Last edited by Tyler; 03/12/18 01:21 AM.
