I agree!! A number of years ago I had an old MG that I drove everywhere
and in all sorts of weather. Only time I got it stuck was when the snow
drift was almost to the door handles...guess I should have gone around.
A friend of mine had a beautiful early mercedes (the convertable model of
the "gull wing") and gave me a real bad time about my ratty old MG.
Finally I said to him, "Roger, at least I get to drive mine!" He only
brought his out about one sunny day a month, in the middle of summer.
The MG is happily (I hope) perking away in Connecticut, and I have a life
size do-it-yourself puzzle of a TR6 in the garage. I figure with about
five hundred pounds of undercoating I can drive it forever! Watch out
slush, here I come. What the heck, when it does rust, I'll rebuild it.
I bet the mercedes is still in a garage somewhere.
On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Sandy Levine wrote:
> Paul Burr wrote: "....It's better to burn out than it is to rust!
>
> Can't argue with you on the rust. 10 years of NY driving and 6 years of
> Chicago winters took its toll. That's why I am doing a full frame off
> restoration.
>
> After 25 years of being an outside car the frame has a lot of surface rust
> but repairable - the driver's floor is gone, as are both rockers and the
> upper corners of the rear fenders. Not too bad for the abuse given by the
> driver which was only me. I blame the rear fender rust on a poor paint job
> after a truck decided that he could start rolling before the light turned
> green even though I was sitting in front of him.
>
> But the driving was worth it. Killed a set of expensive Pirelli snow tires
> in less than 6K miles with some very aggressive driving and letting the
> tail slide in the corners on the country roads near my home. Finding the
> proper speed on the highway so the wind forced the rain over the cockpit so
> I didn't have to put the top up while the hope of clear sky remained down
> the road. That's why I bought the car - to drive it.
>
> For those faint of heart, maybe you don't drive on slushy days with the
> salt still on the road but the sun always felt the best driving with the
> top down on those clear days right after a snow storm.
>
> I think it is better to drive your car as much as possible than to have it
> sit in the garage and watch the rubber and gaskets and insulation and
> carpet rot with age.
>
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