RE: Car enthusiast or love cars and fixing them this game is for you.
November 2, 2016 at 7:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2016 at 7:24 pm by bennyboy.)
(November 2, 2016 at 7:09 pm)abaris Wrote: You know, if I played a game on building a car, better make it a real one. My father was a trained mechanic since 1940 and he let me in on the secrets of his trade. Back in the 80ies when I drove cars from the 60ies and early 70ies I knew all about taking them apart and putting them together again. Given half a chance, I would still drive a car from the 70ies, but today they're luxury products by now. As opposed to the 80ies when you got them for an apple and an egg. I hate todays cars where you have to be a computer expert with the right equipment to keep them going.
When I was 16, my dad gave me his Toyata Tercel (It was around 1989, but it was a few years old already). He also gave me the manual. It had schematics for ALL the parts, down to the bolt, step-by-step instructions for how to remove the engine, etc., interestingly written in pretty shitty English. You could totally do everything yourself (if you had jacks and a good winch), or easily with a couple buddies.
THAT was fun. I sold that car to my buddy for $300 to buy Stones tickets. That I don't still own it today fills me with infinite sadness.
