Back in my ill-considered youth I was briefly enamoured of an early '70s
vintage Triumph
Spitfire that was in the showroom of the local Jag/MG dealer. When I enquired
at the local
import auto parts store (whose owner campaigned an XK120 in vintage events) as
to their
opinion of the Spitfire, I was asked, "Do you like to work on cars? Do you like
to spend
your evenings during the week tinkering with your car so that you can take it
for a drive
on the weekends? If not, don't buy a British car... "
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
"Hall, Phillip" wrote:
> Thanks List!
>
> The responses on the Jag back-fire were great! I printed them out for my
> neighbor. He will be flabbergasted by the responses. It seems the Jag list
> is not that responsive to tech questions and usually ends up in a flame war.
> He is looking at my Roadster and asking a lot of questions - even made the
> comment "a Roadster would be great for a driver and use my Jag for special
> outings". Once he starts driving a Roadster the Jag will go back to being
> a garage queen! He is amazed how I can drive my Roadster so hard day-in
> day-out with out working on it! I have heard "I would never do that in my
> Jag" a hundred times I think. [snip]
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