Working on equipment, and seeing this kind of thing nearly every day, and having read the replies in this thread, I can say only one thing. As long as people are dumb enough to keep buying the new junk, the manufacturers will continue to make them.
For those that think the EPA, etc are pushing the new technology, you may be partially right. At the same time the manufacturers know that if they make it complicated enough, you'll be forced to call them when it breaks, this guaranteeing their income. In fact I just had to recommend a customer call the dealership the other day to replace something as simple as an electric fuel transfer pump on their excavator. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but it's located on the side of the engine, BEHIND the ECM. Again it doesn't sound bad until you see all of the fuel connections, and other things in the way.
That said, thbe ONLY way out of this is to hit them all in the one place it hurts, their wallet. I can just about guarantee when sales go to nothing, or next to it, for a few years straight, the manufacturers that are jumping all over themselves to make the EPA and their wallets happy, will be telling the EPA where they can shove it, and begging for their customers to come back.
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