A friend and I were reflecting on car maintenance the other day. I recall my first vehicle, a 69 Chevy Nova. Man was it easy to work on. I learned basic car maintenance on it. Then I got a 76 Mercury Capri. I got more into maintenance. Did brake jobs and valve adjustments (It was nice having a girl friend whose father owned a Chevron station. I would bring my car over on a Sunday, raise it up and work on it there). Then we come to my 85 Chevy s-10 blazer. Much more smog equipment so it was harder to work on. I think the hardest thing I did was change the water pump and radiator. Then after that, I pretty much shook my head. The Ford Areostar was next and was also next to impossible to work on. I gave up on doing any hardcore maintenance after that, so for the most part, the 98 Dodge Ram, 99 Ford Contour, 01 Chevy Silverado, 08 Honda Civic and now a 11 Hyundai Elantra, I just shake my head, knowing that if I touched them (For hardcore maintenance), I would probably screw up something. So my current vehicles will get their air and cabin filters changed and PCV valve. I thank smog control devices and the more complicated made vehicles.