On Sun, 01 Feb 1998 12:43:29 -0800 Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
writes:
> 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?
When I was thinking about buying my B, I talked to several car "experts."
The *only* people who told me I shouldn't buy it turned out to be people
who'd never owned an LBC. They'd "heard from a friend" etc etc. The guys
who own/owned MGs or other LBCs were uniformly in favor. Discounting the
"misery loves company" explanation, they were able to give first-hand
information and advice, which are certainly more credible than "you'd
better get AAA-Plus" (a long-distance towing option offered by the
American Automobile Association). I got AAA but the only time I've used
it was when some punk put a knife through a tire on my other car, a
Japanese sedan, since sold.
When someone starts giving me grief now, I just say "I'd rather push an
MG than drive a(n) [insert make of pest's car/van/SUV]."
Jim
73B
"The best defense is to be offensive."
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