In a message dated 98-06-15 22:01:31 EDT, tboicey@brit.ca writes:
<< illiam Elliott wrote:
> The "mean time between failures" on an MGB is going to be MUCH
> higher than on a newer Japanese car.
>>>> My Celica is 6 years old, and has NEVER had a failure.<<<<<
>>>>>>>>> Can you say that about any LBC you have? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
YEP, 65,000 miles on my '63 Austin-Healey 3000 Mark II BJ-7 - NA-DA!!
> (Mainly because ANY failure on a new car is apt to be debilitating
>>>> This point is always made by OFs but just doesn't really<<<<
>>>>>pan out in numbers.<<<<
So you have done a study?
>>>> Things that fail on new cars are usually no more "catastrophic"<<<<
>>>>than old cars.<<<<
An LBC can jump a notch in a steel chain and still run. Can your NON-LBC
[NOTICE everyone, Ed was nice] slip a belt and still not be "catastrophic"??
>>>> Frankly, most people who spread these mistruths have "hit the wall <<<<
>>>> of learning" and won't even open their minds for an afternoon to<<<<
>>>> learn about electronic ignition, fuel injection, and other<<<<
>>>> niceties.<<<<
If you drive, own, work on, dream to own, have owned, etc. the "hit the wall
of learnig" has not even been approached!
So Trevor:
Have you changed the timing belt?? Yes? = how much was it, how long
in the shop, how good is the warrenty?? NO?? = How much does it cost
(US$ Please) for new pistons and valve train [assuming nothing else go
to sh*t] cost.?? How much is labor?? How good is warrenty on the
"new" motor and does that cover the next timing belt??
Cheers..........
Ed
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