In Praise of Oldtech

[unclebeast]

I remember the belt driven fan in an old volvo 240 saloon...with wife and kids in, hot summer day slow traffic, I also had to put the heating on full blast, fan fully on, as i could smell the engine frying and the temp was "off the clock!" and also did the rock in gear when my commutator was dirty and unpredictable had one car where starter used to stick in "engaged", rock in gear a metallic crack, and you were away...usually.. 

Recent news in the well heeled motoring fraternity is certainly turning public opinion against old tech diesels....never here anything about the myriad of kerosene burners daily at 40000feet though!