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"Modern cars don't leave much room for Macgyvering with their modern electronic gizmos and transmissions."
Cars can still be Mac'ed old or new it's just a question of knowing what you are doing. You can still rig up independent powered circuits, such as lights and other electronics. I attached multiple car horns to a bracket under my hood and drove them off a starter relay, for when a truly distracted driver needs to get in touch with reality. There a people out there installing computer disc readers into cars as audio visual systems. Cars are still held together with nuts and bolts, what you do with those nuts and bolts is up to you. Ultimately it's your car, as the kids say now days, "Own it".
One factor I see in newer cars that discourages Mac'ing and hacking is the abundance of useless plastic under the hood. I understand that the engine and chassis aren't pretty in the conventional sense, but if it's under the hood who can see it? What is the purpose of all the plastic lingerie? It just adds weight, takes up space and cost extra money. It certainly doesn't improve the car. You can still install a hard drive magnet on your oil filter to keep ferrous particles to a minimum. If your oil filter is a cartridge style just put the magnet on the bottom of you oil pan, or even your drain plug.
More important than all of this is you don't need to own brand new car. There are plenty of cars out there that work just fine and if they don't, ask yourself, "can I fix this?" Sometimes the answer is yes. People are more capable than they realize, most simply lack knowledge and a proper attitude. Ignorance begets fear, learn and be brave.
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