In a message dated 97-05-27 11:10:16 EDT, Ricko595@aol.com writes:
<< How reliable is your 20 (or whatever) year old? Part of the answer depends
on
the job you have done and the other part depends on things completely beyond
your control. Rick >>
Rick,
I drive my '73 MGB everyday. I have put over 100,000 miles on it. I've even
taken it out of state to visit my oldest son (Only 175 miles, but without a
second thought). I bought it ten years ago and spent the first three months
getting it road worthy and to do a bit of cosmetic surgery. Five years ago I
took it off road for about three months to do further restoration. Other than
those planned downtimes the car has never left me stranded and almost always
has been at 100%.
My youngest son now drives his '76 Midget daily as well. He has almost as
good a record and has become a pretty darn good mechanic in the bargan.
By the way, I think we've also has some very economical transportation and we
love it when people give us the thumbs up sign or stop us to simply talk
about the cars.
My son even got out of a traffic ticket when the officer got sidetracked
admiring the car and let him go after about 10 minutes of reminiscing about
one he had a few years ago. I can remember about eight years ago not having
that much luck, though the officer did say "I really like your car" after he
handed me my ticket. That guy was just too focused.
R. Johnson - Dallas
'90 Maine Coon
'79 Midget
'76 Midget
'73 MGB
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