Automotive innocence

being a mechanic and parts guy for 46 plus years, i don't claim to know it all but boy i sure have seen a lot of stuff. like rda said, some people are blind/don't think or care about a lot of things. sometimes it helps sometimes not. think about this when you are driving down the road and you see a vehicle with a slipped belt in the tire or if you see a vehicle coming at you sideways(dog tracking cause rear leaf spring problem.) i think to myself what are those people thinking? some not a lot. not sure if it is a generational thing or just that there are more important things going on in their lives. my dad would't let me put the dual quads on my old 62 dart poly 318 cause it would suck too much gas(he didn't know that it had 4.56's in rear end.) one of my uncles and my neighbor didn't have any idea what made cars tick. had to take care of them. had another uncle that seemed to have an appt a week at dealership for a noise/vibration/whatever. sometimes it makes me want to say hhhmmmm.