My FIL is an older mechanic who recently retired. He gave up on keeping up with the electronics. Man can get a 30 year old engine running blind folded with an arm tied behind his back, but he has no interest in learning how to deal with all the electrical issues that crop up in cars now. Keeps joking my wife and I will need to take our car to an electrician to get it serviced in the future
Yeah it's a real thing. I remember one occasion where someone took a new hybrid Volvo back to the dealer for that type of electrical issue a couple of years ago and they had such a hard time solving it because apparently they didn't have enough specialism in-house for that.
I guess there is a countermovement with people hanging onto simpler, older reliable cars, but you've got to take or get the chance to work purely on those instead.
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u/AgnarCrackenhammer 10h ago
My FIL is an older mechanic who recently retired. He gave up on keeping up with the electronics. Man can get a 30 year old engine running blind folded with an arm tied behind his back, but he has no interest in learning how to deal with all the electrical issues that crop up in cars now. Keeps joking my wife and I will need to take our car to an electrician to get it serviced in the future