Those of us who could make occasional use of minimal basic tools to maintain our own vehicles, perhaps over many a year, and could perhaps fix an old B, more than we might be able to repair some if not any modern machines in the case of a breakdown
I would say that in many regards modern cars are a lot easier to work on than old stuff, not least because once you've plugged the computer in you've go access to all sorts of diagnostics that were never available to use 40 years ago. It's not even like the kit's expensive, you can get a single-type device for less than the cost of an hour's garage labour in a main dealer.
I just spent a couple of hours working on a friend's 2007 Renault Clio, mainly replacing the windscreen wiper motor and linkages. The only tools I needed were M10 and M16 sockets, a flat blade screwdriver and a TX25 bit. The old components had failed because the drain tubes in the scuttle pocket had blocked and the motor had drowned in water, but they were nicely designed and none of the fastenings had rusted up. £65 in parts, compared to around £225 for the equivalent bits for a trad Morgan.
