Date   : Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:52:13 +0100
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Basic & BBC Basic

A.J. Davis wrote:
> Fragula wrote:
>> Nowadays, .. and it really does amaze the hell out of me .. people where
>> I work, educated people, allegedly intelligent, will take their cars to
>> the garage to have the oil changed, and some, even to have their tyre
>> pressure checked!
> To be fair, some new cars are designed to an extent that you *can't* 
> change the oil yourself. My dad's new Renault has a hole for screen 
> wash and nothing else.

Stuff like that that I can't - at least to a great extent - fix myself scares 
the crap out of me.  :-(

Maybe that's the reason I'll never buy a car newer than 1990 :) (and even 
that's slightly too new as computerised back boxes tend to get in the way)