Bravo, Brian.
The right tool for the job...
Where is the nobility in using vice grips and hammers just because they
don't break?
These 2 cents are really adding up!
Michael Cook
'74 TR6
'95 Honda VFR750
'92 Audi Quattro 100
'88 VW GTI 16v
>I know I shouldn't weigh in here but here goes...
>
>Japanese cars are appliances, just like your toaster of microwave, you
>expect it to work every time you throw a frozen bagel at it or every time
>you stick your key in it.
>
>American cars are becoming more appliance like evry year, But I've NEVER
>bought the argument that the quality stunk. I've had every one of my
>American cars last at least 200,000 miles. And these cars were all from
the
>mid to late 70's era (allegedly the bottom od US quality). Now did they
look
>great, Naw but they all ran and got me where I was going.
>
>British cars are more akin to a rolling anacronism, a constant reminder of
>the way thing were. They are simple (even a 1980 TR7 is simple compared to
>a Toyota of the same vintage), and if well cared for, can be resonably
>reliable. The problem was that we tried to drive them like "Gas and Oil"
>American cars..ie without the maintainace they require. I recall reading
in
>Road and Trake magazine that a person could buy a new E-Type for just a
>little more than a loaded Chevy caprice however the jag require more
>maintainance and at a higher price so most fell into disrepair...or were
>take to unknowlegeable local machanics that monkeyed them up.
>
>Now give me a second to don my nomex....
>
>
>
>Brian H. Smith
>1959 TR3
>1972 Spitfire IV
>1977 TR7
>Lake Charles, LA
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