I've heard it all now

[Happy2]

Yep, that is my pet peeve with modern cars, particularly Japanese ones.

There is just so much damn stuff under the bonnet with wires and tubes running every which-way that it is hard to see how anyone other than a double-jointed midget or an octopus could work on them.

I used to do my own basic repairs, tune-ups etc but these days I am happy to leave it to the guys in the blue overalls as I no longer know what half the bits and pieces under the bonnet do.

You still have a fairly low tech model Sven?
My mechanic had white lab coat and an I pad last visit I believe