So i have been thinking (uh-oh) and I'm wondering if there is a such thing as automotive innocence or whatever it might be called.
When a person is an "average" person making a car payment and has no idea what is going on under the hood.
I have a friend named Kenny, and Kenny drives a toy-Yoda. He gets in and starts it up and there is no gas pedal pumping, very little starter noise, no smells and puts it in "D" and drives off.
I asked Kenny, don't you ever think of what is going on under the hood, like are you ever at least curious how it works?? He replied, "I know it won't work if there's no gas in there". He never worries about any aspect of the car as long as it propels forward.
Total ignorant bliss.......
I really wonder if that is a good thing. I find myself thinking in my mind everything that is going on in the engine when I'm driving. When I hit a bump on the road, I'm thinking about the suspension reacting and the slip yoke moving and the torsion bars cranking a bit. I'm thinking about everything from the coolant circulating through the radiator to the gears turning in the rear.
Then I find myself thinking of all the things that could go wrong, and I start wondering if my wheel bearings and U joints are adequately greased as I'm running 80mph down the highway. I listen to every noise the car makes and really pay attention to the car. (Radio delete). Every smell, noise, change In RPM says something.
Are we car people the nutty ones or, are the blissfully ignorant, car payment paying, general public the nutty ones........
