basic driving skills
Not strictly RV related, but wonder how many of us can relate. Yesterday I took wife to Dr's office in a big medical complex yesterday. Dropped her at door, and parked in sun to wait. Noticed a coup...
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mkirsch wrote:rjstractor wrote:ferndaleflyer wrote:
Great post. These are the thoughts of the privileged few who don't know how to repair anything mechanical, just pay someone that knows how. The flip side is those of us that are lost in the electronics that fill our vehicles today as we are lost in that area. Should have seen me the first time a approached a computer 20 years ago. but I have taught myself and if I get stumped there is a 9 year old handy. You tube is my friend. And I remember when we did everything with horses, no electric, no car, no phone. We did so much with so little that we could do almost anything with nothing. But I have survived 80 years so far.
Very true. 50-60 years ago, the average person had to know more about fixing cars because there was a lot more fixing that needed to be done. We have a car (Kia) with 125,000 miles on it that's only had wrenches applied to it for routine maintenance. That was unheard of 50 year ago.
Right, and think about how many skills have become obsolete because of this. To this day we STILL have people grousing how everyone not being able to work on a points ignition or set a carburetor will be the downfall of society... Cars haven't had points for 50 years, and haven't had carburetors for 30 years...
My first 4 class 8 trucks, if I worked all day without working on ignition system and fixing a couple of tires, it was a real good day.
Before then most every guy I knew could set points and timing, change plugs. Some had trouble with wires, keeping FO right. Carb, everybody could mess with. Fix? Not so many.
Now, we have no need for that, you are right. OTOH, we still use tires, and still have road hazards.
