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<p>Thank you for saying all this. I started but got tired of listing
all the improvements (fuel economy, material economy, longevity,
reliability, safety, ...) and just gave up.</p>
<p>Donald.<br/>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jan 2, 2023, at 09:22, John T.
Blair <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jblair1948@cox.net"><jblair1948@cox.net></a> wrote:<br/>
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<font size="3">At 09:06 AM 1/2/2023, Thomas Coradeschi
wrote:<br/>
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>At least you can get the hood open to connect jumper
cables! My
boxster has<br/>
>solenoid operated latches for both the trunk and the
frunk (guess
which is <br/>
>which!). Fortunately, the engineers at Porsche added a
connector to
the fuse <br/>
>block in the driver’s footwell, ....<br/>
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Tom,<br/>
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You've got to wonder what the heck these designer were
thinking. Do
they ever <br/>
try to use the stuff they design. Not to mention the
cost.<br/>
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For example:<br/>
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1. We used to have a fan that was bolted to the crank or
the water
pump. Yes it<br/>
made a little noise at high speeds, but you had so much
other noises you
didn't notice, and yes, if you were stuck idling for a
long time the
engine would over heat<br/>
because the fan couldn't pull enough air. But it didn't
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<div>Except the five hp draw at highway speed, whether there was
a need for it or not, which is a substantial fraction of the
power required to move the whole car, even a square Detroit
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<div>Modern vehicles are better in every way than old ones. Not
being able to fix one with a rock and a pointy stick is not a
problem, because they need much less fixing. Modern cars have
coolant replacement intervals longer than the car replacement
intervals of those engine fan beastsl</div>
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