Rene, in England a couple of years ago, one of the big petrol retailers had a bad batch of fuel out on the market, there was some chemical contamination, it was only like 2 parts per million, but thousands of modern cars broke down and went into "limp-home-mode"
The top of the range cars cost two thousand pounds to "repair the damaged engine", while the cheaper ones cost several hundred pounds for the same bullshit.
It made the national news headlines.
The garages and dealers really cleaned up big-time.
Whereas all the Capri's, Morris Minors, Triumphs and other older cars just soldiered on and never missed a beat, as they had no stupid sensors.
You could have peed in the fuel tank and made no difference.
It was this demonstration that finally finished me for modern cars I'm afraid.
I am still kind of looking for the perfect car, as modern as it gets, with an old re-built engine, but without the stupid sensors.
That sort of car would also come free of all the latest Euro-bullshit M.o.t. regulations that have to be complied with.
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