Because some of us have had bad experiences. You claim we can pull into a parts store and replace stuff, no problem. (In another post) explaining what an ecu is to the typical counter person is joke more than a challenge.
I have had bad voltage regulators which burned up coils, c & constantly replaced Chinese 4 prong ballast resistors on my first few mopars. Driving around with your 19 year old buddy in the hot south and waiting for 3 hours for a tow? The wiring connections from the alternator loose enough to swing to discharge from charge, wrong pulleys misaligned belts that blow off when the clutch is engaged; inefficient radiators + cast pistons + slow traffic or really fast traffic, bad gas tanks... There’s hundreds of things that can go wrong and some of us are not ten minutes from civilization.
I checked, double checked, test drove my road runner-and STILL lost my running lights 500 miles into an 1130 mile move.
Probably unlike you, my dad didn’t know more than that plugs and I had to learn on my own.-much through you guys and few friends from the previous generation to me.
I should have enjoyed that cruise, but have had too many previous problems, on my current budget and timeline, I couldn’t afford a single hiccup.
The power tour has a dedicated GM repair trailer, with hundreds of people that help out.-people have been known to pull up, extinguish a fire, check on the driver/passenger and disappear with taking credit for the save. The power tour is the safest drive to reference, not grueling with a ‘parachute.’
Abodyjoe I wonder if you ever started with a low budget project car and had problems.
