> but in the U.S. quite a lot of car owners have prided themselves on their ability to maintain and repair their own cars You're still dependent on a host of c

> but in the U.S. quite a lot of car owners have prided themselves on their ability to maintain and repair their own cars You're still dependent on a host of commercial services and industrial products in the form of oils and lubricants, replacement parts such as windscreen wipers, gaskets, seals, bushes, shock absorbers, tyres. I can't think, right now, of a single car part I can make by myself. Even if you have a lathe you're going to need stock material to spin down.