OK, I was overstating the case for hyperbolic effect. My point was why waste
driving time on an "appliance" car (Honda, Toyota, etc.) -- if you have a
fun car you should drive it all the time, not save it for the occasional
sunny weekend. It's more fun for you, and it's better for the car -- IME,
regular driving and moderate maintenance result in a more reliable vehicle
than occasional driving and fanatical maintenance. Even very moderate
maintenance, as I am guilty of, since my MGB is essentially worthless
(monetarily).
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 6/11/07 5:57 AM, Dan DiBiase at d_dibiase@yahoo.com wrote:
> Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net> wrote: My theory:
>
> Only own enjoyable cars. Don't drive sedans, ever. Don't drive a car you can't
> fix on the road. ----------------
> I dunno, Max, my Audi sedan is pretty enjoyable. Granted, I can't fix it on
> the road if it breaks - but it's been pretty reliable for the first 45k of
> it's like.
>
> Some people say that we're in a golden age for automobiles right now. Across
> the board, we've never had so many cars with the levels of safety, economy,
> performance, technology and quality. Certainly simplicity has suffered, and
> you typically need a laptop to fix a modern car versus a wrench, so shadetree
> fixes are hard to do. OTOH, there are plenty of cars that kids are hot rodding
> (and I'm not referring to neon lights and fart cans). So perhaps not
> everything is bad about the current crop.
>
>
>
>
> Dan D
> Central NJ USA
> '76 MGB Tourer - Driver - <cough cough> What's that smoke? <cough cough>
> '65 MGB Tourer Project - Yep, still is....
> '04 Audi A4 1.8T q MT-6 - quattro, baby!
> NAMGBR #5-2328
> http://dans65b.blogspot.com/
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dibiase/Working_MG_Gallery.html
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