Laura,
Good point about more things to go wrong. In fact, in the time I've had my car,
the overdrive has gone wrong far more times than anything else. But it's always
been a simple electrical problem (broken wire, inhibitor switch worn, etc) which
I've always been able to fix myself, so it's not really bothered me - of course,
this will vary depending on individual ability.
Personally, I would think twice about buying a car without overdrive, especially
as a daily driver - it really is much more pleasant to be able to reduce the
rpms by 1000 or so when cruising along the motorway. To me, having to remove
the gearbox tunnel every few months to fix a wire is a fair price to pay for
that.
Of course, Nigel is not your average Spitfire, so he may be able to take the
high RPM much better than my car!
Dean
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Date: Tue, May 23 2000 10:21:54 GMT-0600
From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Subject: Re: Re: So, who wants to sell me a Spitfire OD tranny?
None of my Spits have had o/d. With Nigel, we've talked about it. Then one of
the guys from my local Triumph club said he could get me (a used) one at a good
price. I thought about it. Talked about it with Dave. Talked about it with the
English guy who works for Dave. In all, I talked to about 5 different people and
what it came down to is that it's a nice thing to have-but not a necessity and
more importantly-it'll be just *another thing to break or go wrong*.
That last bit, coming from individuals I respect and who hadn't confered with
each other convinced me not to do it.
This year, at least!
Laura G.
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