Most people probably wouldn't be eager to give up fuel injection and go back to sticky butterfly valves, carburetor cleaner, chokes, etc. The newer technology is more fuel efficient, more reliable and having had at least one freaky carburetor fire, maybe safer. OTOH, if your injectors get clogged ane leave you by the side of the road, you can't pull of a hose, siphon gas out of the tank and pour a bit in the carb to get going again. I can't put put a weight on the tonearm of a CRDOM if it's skipping or use duct tape and WD-40 to fix most stuff anymore. If my TV goes out, I can't go down to the drugstore and test and replace dead tubes. Even if anyone fixes TVs anymore, unless it's new and expensive, it probably makes sense to chuck it out and get a new one. Great grampa probably mourned the passing of the buggy whip the same way. 

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