I hear what you are saying ... but, how do amateurs become experts without a little practice?

“... makes some concessions to safety, offering up a family-style eight-point roll bar,...”

As someone that has maintained this exact make and model of vehicle for my mother for the last 14 years (and she lives over 600 miles away, so I only get to touch her car for maintenance once or twice a year), I have anecdotal evidence that suggests this car will run for several years without major problems. Sure,…