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Why Cant things be the way they used to be???
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Posted by Tommy H on March 26, 2004 at 22:15:30 from (65.140.18.121):
This question was asked in a previous topic. seriously, why has the quality of products plummeted, but the prices skyrocket? Look at cars of today, cant work on them, computer controlled...crap! Wheres the fun in it?
Plastic bumpers..., give me 1/2" steel anyday!
Chrome plated steel accents...since when did this become a sin? Why now is the only shiny thing on the car the rims? Nasty rims at that!
The body panels are supposed to protect you in an impact...but in a battle between plastic, and concrete, or plastic and metal...Id let plastic fend for itself. Get into a fender bender today, and the car is totalled...thusly insurance is outrageous! Back in the day, you smack somebody, there bumper was fine, yours was fine..no big deal. just bolt a new bumper on if it was dented. And for the most part you got a different body style each year...nowadays, you may got for 6-7 years before anything is changed. Look at groundscare, farming equipment. For the most part, its junk. Everyone has bought everyone else out, so now...you have multiple brands, with a single manufacturer. And the prices vary...
The quality has dropped severly! More plastic than steel!, stamped metal frames...skimpy belts, decks that rust through in a year. Blades that you simply can sharpen due to the fact that they disntegrate. Trucks of today are weak sissy versions of there ancestors. They are held back by there rev limiters, computers and design flaws. You cant do nearly the stuff you could 30 years ago, and they looked better then anyhow! Houses today are thrown up in a matter of weeks, cheaper products are used, and the quality of labor is tiny if that! few tak pride in there actions anymore, its just a paycheck to them now. Sorry for the rant..but as a child of the 90's, who wishes he was back in the 60's...hehe it had to be done.
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