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<blockquote data-quote="Chris" data-source="post: 425164" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I was thinking the same thing as well. After 2006 (which is coincidentally the last year of the TJ) is when things started getting really complicated.</p><p></p><p>I too sound like a curmudgeon with how I hate on new stuff, but really it's just because I hate how they've sort of locked us out of doing most of the work to them ourselves. They've made newer vehicles inherently complicated (albeit way more efficient) for the DIY mechanic.</p><p></p><p>Hell, look at this article I saw the other day on the new Ford F150 interior:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.autoweek.com/news/trucks/a32093038/2021-ford-f-150-interior-spy-photos/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Basically your entire dashboard is a huge screen. Imagine what happens when that thing has an electronic problem <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4010" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /> </p><p></p><p>I always thought of trucks particularly as being rugged and tough. Now it just seems that they're the opposite. </p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that thing will drive so smooth you won't even know it's a truck, get good MPGs, and be way more efficient than a 90s F150 (or similar), but it's just not the same in my mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris, post: 425164, member: 1"] I was thinking the same thing as well. After 2006 (which is coincidentally the last year of the TJ) is when things started getting really complicated. I too sound like a curmudgeon with how I hate on new stuff, but really it's just because I hate how they've sort of locked us out of doing most of the work to them ourselves. They've made newer vehicles inherently complicated (albeit way more efficient) for the DIY mechanic. Hell, look at this article I saw the other day on the new Ford F150 interior: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.autoweek.com/news/trucks/a32093038/2021-ford-f-150-interior-spy-photos/[/URL] Basically your entire dashboard is a huge screen. Imagine what happens when that thing has an electronic problem :ROFLMAO: I always thought of trucks particularly as being rugged and tough. Now it just seems that they're the opposite. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that thing will drive so smooth you won't even know it's a truck, get good MPGs, and be way more efficient than a 90s F150 (or similar), but it's just not the same in my mind. [/QUOTE]
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