> pretending you have hands the size of a 2 yr old. the Japanese are no better with that--I always thought it was because they had smaller hands in general. I've had a Honda and Nissan: in both cases, for even minor little things, you can tell they still had an idea for repair where you could actually take stuff apart and actually put it back seemlessly as if nothing had happened--American stuff seems like it was put together as something disposable, never meant to come apart, let alone go back together. I'm no expert, but I think you are on the right path for what you are looking for. On the other hand, I hear old S10's are a good model for self repair (and what I'm looking for). As far as new stuff, I really can't speak, but the whole industry seems to be going in a single direction like everything else. It is crazy how *everything* seems to be going in the wrong direction--and it ain't gonna get better any time soon. Greed, jews, and shitskins are the end of all that is good.