Re: photography vs cameras

[Paul Stenquist]

Yo Bill,
You can do some work on the Titan as well if you purchase a service 
manual. It's not as mysterious as it seems.
Paul
On Jun 4, 2004, at 8:41 PM, William Robb wrote:

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Francis"
Subject: Re: photography vs cameras

Back in the days when cars weren't totally computerised, it was
very
common for people to repair most minor problems with their own
hands.
(There was also far more economical incentive to do so; the
reliability
of cars has increased considerably over the decades).
On the first car that I owned (a Morris Minor 1000 Traveller) I did
most of the work myself, up to and including changing piston rings
and grinding in new exhaust valves.  That wasn't unusual for the
time.
Nowadays you'll still find vintage car enthusiasts doing all the
work
themselves, but apart from changing light bulbs, fuses, filters,
brake
pads and spark plugs there's very little you can do on a modern
car;
most other things are either good for the lifetime of the car or
will
require hooking up to the on-board computerised diagnostic
readouts.

I just bought a new Nissan Titan truck.
I can check the oil.
Thats about it.
I think I am going to have to buy a little British car of some sort.
I like fixing things.
William Robb