>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: T. .R. Dafforn [mailto:td214@cam.ac.uk]
>>
>> The OD seems to be more weight, more friction and more things
>> to go wrong. And
>> its a bugger to get to when it does...
>> I think I'd much rather go for the twin webers (should be
>> arriving soon!!), and
>> other tweaks that are, how should I say, traditional.
>
>Hmmmmm.....
>Well I can't let all of the overdrive-bashing go unanswered.
Having owned
>and driven a multitude of different Triumphs since my first
Herald in 1989,
>I have experienced cars with and without overdrive as daily
transport. Off
>the top of my head, those equipped with overdrive are as follows
(in
>chronological order of my ownership):
<Omissions>
>So that's my experience. The only (in Triumph terms) overdrive
I've not used
>is the J-type, but I don't believe they are considered any less
reliable
>than the As and Ds I've had. While there are many matters to
address in the
>overdrive/non-overdrive decision, I would never let reliability
be an issue.
>I only wish it were a traightforward conversion on my early
Heralds......
> Cheers,
> Bill.
I wouldn't say that it's "over-drive bashing"-it's just three
people saying, maybe we don't want to do what everyone else is
doing-and for our own good reasons. I've taken a bit of criticism
for not going with the o/d-but I did my research, talked to people
and gave it good thought-and that's what I came up with. I think
that the major problem with o/d is when it's a conversion and not
factory. I wouldn't hesitate going with a Spitfire that had
factory installed o/d-but it seems from everyone I spoke to-it was
the conversions where things went wrong. Even people who do a lot
of conversions and Spitfire work have found this to be so. Like
Tim wrote-"more things to go wrong. And a bugger to get to when it
does..." (And mine being a daily driver and seeing as I am of very
limited means, when those things go wrong, it means that I am
really, really, truly stuck!)
Over drive bashing? No. Not following the crowd and doing what
we've been told we really have to do? Yes. Am I happy with my car?
VERY!
Thinking for herself,
Laura G.
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