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For the record, Joe, people like you and I represent the minority in the auto buying world. Likewise, just because you or Iwouldn't but a new car expecting the type of ROI we're currently getting with our respective auto choices, doesn't mean that the rest of the world at large isn't interested in a new car, and that being the case, shouldn't that new car benefit from technological advances not afforded to older generations of automobile?

Remember - fuel injection was new at one time... Dvd players... Television... Cars... And guess what? Nobody needed or had use for those things, either.

Regarding the frailties of the current system, they could also be referred to a simple down falls, or what-have-you... The point is that cams and related components aren't perfect, nor would be the new tech, but its a step closer, surely?

Often, the failure of a single component in a modern cam system end with catastrophic damage to the system, or worse, the engine as a whole. Where do you NOT see a frailty there?