Stopped by a salvage yard in Ohio and saw how much engines have changed

I was at Pull-A-Part in Columbus last Saturday looking for a alternator for my '97 F-150. While I was walking through the rows I noticed something. The newer cars from the 2010s have engine bays so packed you can barely see the block. Plastic covers everywhere, hoses running in crazy directions. My buddy who works there said he spent two hours just getting to a starter on a 2015 Equinox. Compare that to the old stuff where you could practically stand inside the engine bay to work. Made me wonder if we're losing something with all this complexity. You guys finding the same thing with newer models? How do you deal with it?

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mason.paige5mo ago

Maybe it's not that big of a deal though? People said the same stuff about fuel injection back in the day and we all got used to it eventually.

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nathan_foster605mo ago

Used to be one of those guys rolling my eyes at all the touchscreens and driver assists. But you make a real good point about fuel injection, I remember my dad complaining about that back in the day too. Seeing how quickly everyone just got used to it and moved on makes me think this might be the same kind of thing. Maybe I was just being stubborn about change for no good reason.

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