I get that occasionally, but when I do I just mention that I drove my 1975
MGB GT-V8 from Brisbane to Perth (Australia) and back, clocking up nearly
8,000 miles in three weeks and all I did was check oil, water and oil.
Needed neither!
Murray Arundell
Mike Lishego wrote:
>
> I've been wanting to post this question to the list for some time, and
>James
>has just given me the line to start on! Ok, does anybody else get the
feeling that
>the only people who can appreciate our LBC's are the people who believe
that newer
>isn't *always* better? I've met a few car buffs who think that my MGB
isn't as good
>as their newer T*yota's and Niss*ns. Of course, I concede the point that
their cars
>have a more refined interior and have little comforts like cupholders and
non-leaking
>tops. What burns me up is their response when I tell them that I plan on
traveling
>about 600 miles in my MGB next year to go to college. I get comments like
"It'll
>never make it" or "Better take some spare parts." These folks don't know,
or for that
>matter, they don't care to know that my MGB is functioning just like their
$20k
>marvels and that my eye for detail would spot many serious problems in
advance. They
>just see a '74 MG and add age to usage and come up with a vehicle that
shouldn't
>travel further than 60 miles from home! Does anybody else get this? My
final point
>it this, and I tell them this everytime they get a recall letter from the
dealer:
>Newer isn't always better. Gentlemen and ladies, thank you for the
bandwidth to get
>this off my chest.
>
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