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Old 10-23-2013, 02:02 PM   #62 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
Actually electronics use should be banned while driving, the tech to disable cells and the like in a car costs under $3...
I don't see how you could selectively disable the driver's cell only (at least not without coordination between automakers and cell manufacturers), and why shouldn't passengers be able to make calls &c?

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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Except that I've never run into an EFI system that needed repair, whereas carbs needed repair all the time. And if you honestly think carbs were simple to repair, you have my unreserved admiration.
Buy a 93 suburban and you can run into that problem all you want.
Yeah, but if I bought a '93 Suburban, the EFI system would be the least of my problems :-) But Honda, Toyota, etc? I've had no problems.

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Carbs were cheap to adjust and repair to good enough, but difficult to get perfect
Depends on what you mean by "good enough". Good enough to run acceptably, maybe. Good enough to pass smog checks, no. I sold at least two carbed vehicles because I couldn't get them to pass smog. In one case, I sold a carbed '85 Toyota pickup that wouldn't pass, and bought a virtually identical except for EFI '88, which passes with flying colors.

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