You beat me to it, I have had way more issues with carbureted vehicles than fuel injected vehicles while turning wrench’s when carbs were still a household name… I hated carbs, heck my engine suddenly lost 1/2 it’s cylinders at idle back years ago, ended up being some trash got in the idle circuit and plugged one side of the carb, off idle it ran normal… Good thing I am pretty good at what I do/did or that could have been hard to figure out… lol
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I had more control with an engine with a carburetor. On my 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck, I had control over the fuel mixture when starting the engine. The.truck had a hand operated choke. I had bettercontrol of the interval windshield wipers. The wipers moved across the glass only when I let up on the accelerator. (The truck had wipers that ran off engine vacuum. Letting up on the accelerator closed the throttle plate thus inncreasing the vacuum.) The cruise control on my 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck was really simple. There was a control marked “T” on the dashboard. This was a throttle control. Pulling out the throttle control allowed me to rest my right leg by not having to press the accelerator. Of course, the engine didn’t slow down when I stepped on the brake.
Do I long for the “good old days” of the carburetor?
NO!
I should add that my 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck had a temperature gauge, an oil pressure gauge and an ammeter gauge (not a voltmeter). The depreciation was high. I bought the truck in 1972 for $115. I sold the truck in 1975 and was only able to get $110 for the truck.
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Dogs as in low performance mate.
1982 Camaro with them couldn’t even compete with an 82 2barrel 302 Stang.
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And of course they last forever. No performance. So nobody drove them fast.
And as for lasting my Ford Focus ST had DI and I put well over a 100k miles on it. And I raced it. Only repairs were a headlight change. And oil and fluids.
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@Old-Days-Rick don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story🤣
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I remember that part of the so-called Good Old Days very vividly.
We were driving, at night, on the old Storm King Highway, which, as older NYers and ex-NYers will recall, is a narrow, unlit, winding road which skirted the edge of a mountain–during a torrential downpour.
Because we were driving uphill, the occasions when we could let-up on the accelerator were few and far between, so we were driving blind much of the time. And, the old sealed-beam headlights didn’t throw very much light. Somehow, we lived to tell about it, but I would never want to repeat that type of experience.
But, I’m prepared for a technophobe to claim that vacuum-powered wipers were superior to electric wipers.
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@VDCdriver The problem with vacuum wipers was partially solved with a vacuum booster section on the fuel pump. My 1950 Chevrolet pickup had a single stage fuel pump with no vacuum booster section.
I.think many vehicles back then had vacum wipers because the electrical system was supported by a generator as opposed to an alternator. The generator has low output at low engine rpm.
Our 62 falcon had the vacuum wipers. I remember driving it in the rain one night. Let up on the gas to see where I was going.
For the rest of this stuff, the term howling at the moon comes to mind.
My grandfather’s 73 Pontiac Ventura had that cluster.
We were in a '54 Ford, and it lacked a “high tech” 
booster on the fuel pump.
I’ve not had to to do it at night in a torrential downpour. But back in high school I once did have to do it with little to no brakes (long story). It was an adventure to be sure!
This tale may be apocryphal, but I remember being told that NY State Trooper cadets had to take their high speed driving test on the Storm King Highway in order to qualify.
Anyway, driving on that road–even on a dry day–could be a white knuckle experience.
Edited to add… I haven’t been on that road for at least 40 years, so I was wondering whether it is still the same narrow road. Apparently it hasn’t changed:
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I limped through bumper to bumper traffic when the master went out on my 67 Buick wagon. Not impossible but still had some brakes by pumping.
2012 Prius doesn’t either, and it’s a problem because if the EGR clogs it could make the engine run hot and cause head gasket failure, but there is no gauge to tell you that it’s running just a little hot.
I’m pretty sure my Pontiac has a fail safe feature. If it gets too hot, it’ll reduce power and start shutting cylinders down to save the engine.reslly don’t know though, it only got hot once when I hit a coon and emptied the radiator.
Fords from the last 15 years typically have a cylinder head temperature sensor that does not depend on coolant. At least some models have an overheat limp mode based on that temperature.
Thats because a Versa is a economy car as is produced as cheaply as possibly .
Question for someone in the know.
How many cylinder head temp sensors does for example Ford use in their 5L V-8?
Each cylinder? Or one for each head?
Without access to the technical information over the weekend, I’d guess one CHT/head