It's a fact of life, bad things are going to happen and most of the time you don't get much, if any, warning. We are an imperfect form of life that produces imperfect things most of which will not persist after us.
Knowing this I find it maddening that so many people have so little clue about a 2 ton hunk of metal they trust their lives to every day.
To most people they give no more consideration to it than just jumping in the car and driving off. Oblivious and ignorant to the condition of anything but the gas gauge.
You don't have to be a ASE Master Technician to have a car but you owe it to yourself and those along for the ride to be aware of more than the difference in gas prices on either side of town.
In my case, I drive older cars meaning I have to be a lot more vigilant about a lot more things than just waiting for the "Fix Me" light to come on in the dash or some flashing icon in the "Information Center."
I kind of blame companies like BMW, Mercedes and other so-called "luxury" brands for that mindset by the way. They've constructed a fantasy where nothing ever goes wrong and never needs to be checked.
If anything does, however, the car will just beam itself up to the starship Enterprise and Scotty will get right on that warp core problem straight away!
It sounds stupid but it's literally the fantasy the luxury brands sell and it's dangerous.
Most newer cars have some basic level of diagnostics for such things as tire pressure, oil life and MPG and that's fine. Thing is, a tire pressure monitor won't tell you of an impending blowout at 75MPH due to a bad tire.
Learning what to look for AND ACTUALLY LOOKING once in awhile will.
Which is the basis for the video below. In it you'll see the early signs of impending disaster that can be averted if you're just the tiniest bit alert to the problem.
So watch the video, learn a little more than your "Driver Information Center" will tell you and be safe out there.
