From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Feb 08 2003 - 11:58:44 MST
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> Lately my car has been suffering from a few problems...
Your car? You got yourself a drivers license! Way to
go Eliezer!
> I know absolutely nothing about cars...
You know all you need, for you go on to say:
> So I do what any Child of the Internet would do in this situation. I
> say: "Check the fuel filter." The mechanic comes back. The
> fuel filter is almost completely blocked.
> Swap in a new fuel filter, drive away.
So why stop at Googling up the answer and telling
the mechanic? Fuel filters really are an eeeasy fix,
ideal for those who never fiddle with any mechanical
device more complicated than a cereal box.
Get back on google, find a diagram of that 95 Ford
Escort, order the filter online, get under that
hood and fix it your own self. You can do it. Swap
out the air filter while you are under there. With
Google you really don't need a mechanic for those
easy common car maintenance jobs.
The extropians group is another source of omniscience.
Pose a good question here and someone either knows
the answer or knows how to get to it.
Google on! spike
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