Car service use to be about oil changes, spark plugs, carburetors, and gaskets. Today, virtually every component is controlled by a computer. Your mechanic has to be specially trained on these components.

The little dash lights used to be called idiot lights, because if they ever came on while you were driving, the thought suddenly came to you “I’m such an idiot! I should have taken my car to Eric’s  BEFORE something broke down.

The "Three Scary Lights"

The three scary lights in life are an oncoming train, the one at end of your life, and the one on your dashboard. Kind of hard to stop the first two, but you can definitely do something about the the one at right.