I know Don lives here in wine country, some of the finest British car
roads in the nation. The freeways, on the other hand, suck and I think
he was referring to them.
Ron
58 MGA
Carl French wrote:
> It is not the cars, you are obviously living in the wrong part of the US.
> Move to New England or any number of nice parts of the country. All my MGs
>thrive pn he roads up here.
> Carl French
>
> don@napanet.net wrote:
> I still like British cars, and I still have an MGA and an MGB. However, the
> driving conditions on US roads sucks. You're forced to go 80 mph one minute,
> then you have to stop suddenly, and then you're stuck in slow traffic watching
> your temp gauge creep up. Old MGs do not lend themselves to this kind of use.
> I have a Miata and it tolerates these conditions without complaint. If driving
> conditions were the same as they were in 1970, I would be ok with using an MG
> on a regular basis. The other thing we face now is the huge SUVs and trucks
> which threaten us in small cars, but that I can live with.
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