Yea, I like progress, but I don't like progress that hasen't been thought through to the point of, "What will happen when the component fails? Will the Techn

Yea, I like progress, but I don't like progress that hasen't been thought through to the point of, "What will happen when the component fails? Will the Technician be able to fix the failed component--in a reasonable amount of time?". I see too many items being throw away because it makes no financial sense to fix. I feel, as consumers, we need to ask for, and buy products that are able to be repaired. I know most people don't care, but some of us like to fix our cars, appliances, electronics, etc.. I don't blame it all on manufactures though. I remember when I went to automotive school in the ninties. Saturn made a conscious effort to make a vehicle that mechanics could easily work on, but no one seemed to care. Yes, Saturn was plaged by other problems, but I did appreciate the fact that the engineers at least tried to build something--knowing that components will need to be replaced, or fixed. For years, I see this trend towards more gadgets(components that will fail) added to every consumer product, and every year these products become harder to fix? I cringe when I see an automobile loaded with extra stuff that can break. I don't think there's a mechanic out there that doesn't breath a little sigh of relief when a customer comes in with an older simple automobile? The average person out there asks me why I keep that older Toyota p.o.s. as a spare car. Mechanics never question why I keep my p.o.s..