Joanna Adler wrote:
>
> I'm not looking to get anything for free! I am merely looking to find
> the *right* seatbelts for the car. It's purely a safety issue of
> wanting the right belts for the car. If the seatbelts were recalled
> and they made ones that *work*, then I'm more then happy to pay for
> them - I just want to know what they are and where to get them.
>
> Joanna
>
> ---Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > dresden@tiac.net wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi, I'm new to the list... so I'm sure this isn't a new subject -
> > > >Seatbelts.
> > > >
> > > >I have a '79 MGB LE and I know that the original belts were
> recalled,
> > > >but the last time around - seven years ago with an '80 MGB LE - I
> got no
> > > >where trying to get them replaced.
> > >
> > > While we're on the topic, I sent a letter off to Range Rover a
> couple of
> > > months ago regarding the same recall...no response. Does anyone
> know if
> > > there's a government agency we can all complain to and maybe get
> them to
> > > actually do something, or is this just a waste of time? Has anyone
> on the
> > > list who has been promised seat belts actually GOTTEN them? Anyone
> at all?
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Nevin
> >
> > Ok, I have seen this thread before and said nothing, but I think I
> will
> > play the devil's advocate and ask the question in the back of my mind.
> >
> > Why do you expect to get seatbelts for free from the manufacturer, 19
> > years after the last car of that type was produced???Surely if you
> owned
> > a 76 Comet or Volare, you would not expect the original manufacturer
> to
> > supply parts to you, the second owner, at this late date. Why do you
> > expect this from BMC???
> >
> > Please don't user this to light your flame throwers, but I am
> serious in
> > my question. My parents owned a 76 Volare when they were new, and 4
> yrs
> > later received a pair of fenders free because they had a rust out
> > problem directly above the wheel opening. I bought the car off them
> and
> > in 4 more yrs, the same hole had rusted through the fenders. There was
> > no way that Chrysler would supply me with a set, so this question is
> for
> > real/.
> >
> > Mark Snowdon
> > 69 Sprite,71 & 73 Midgets
These comments were not directed at you Joanne but the other members of
the list, some of whom have been waiting 18 months to receive their FREE
seatbelts. Sorry if you took offense.
Mark Snowdon
Workin hard and paying through the nose for everything
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