Quote -   Maybe this will make my point clearer: Of course a fuel injected, computer controlled engine will be more efficient, run faster and be all around "better" than an old fashioned one with a carburettor and a simple mechanical ignition. But if even the slightest thing breaks with that modern engine, you're SOL without professional help because it's way too complicated for the average layperson to repair. But the conventional engine can be easily fixed with a handbook and a few simple tools unless something really serious has gone wrong.

 

Speaking as someone who works on my own cars, that's a bad anology. Remember the annual tuneup and having to rebuild the carburetor every couple of years?  Or was that before your time?    Not only do fewer things go wrong with a modern auto, I have a $30 box that plugs in under the dash and the computer tells me what is wrong with the engine or transmission if there is an issue.  I spent more than $30 years ago to purchase the dwell meter and timing light needed to set the "simple mechanical ignition" timing annually.....

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