[sniglom]

I totally agree. It's nice to have something that doesn't require magic vendor tools to fix. You don't have to go all the way back to the 80's though. The 90's are fine too and you still own your vehicle in the 00's. Late 90's make the vehicle harder to steal.

[amelius]

At some point governments will increase emissions regulations and you don't have another choice.

[0xffff2]

Do other countries apply emissions standards retroactively? In the US emissions regulations apply mostly if not entirely to new vehicles.