$278 to replace a car key. Computer chip, you know. And the car won't start without it.
My first car: flip up the switch on the steering column, press clutch to floorboard, thereby punching starter button. No key needed, unless, of course you wished to lock everything up, and then a coat-hanger would work as a substitute if you lost the key. But no one locked anyway.
Isn't progess/technology wonderful?
(Of course, when you were buying your used car for $35, it can hardly be compared to the $60,000 set of wheels you have now. But a stranded car is a walking driver, no matter how you look at it. No, wait. Take you phone out of your pocket and ...)
Daddy, what's a clutch?
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Vee, yeah, so I'm 84, Big deal. Actually, it is sort of a big deal! I believe I once read an article on the price of a car "per piece" and you are right. Maybe even more than three times as much.
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