steven, you're welcome to my cell number and AAA service. i'll be glad
to
come and get you, arrange for the tow and bring hot coffee. then i'd like
you
to click your heels 3 times reciting, "there's no place like home". wake up
dorothy! :^)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Newell" <steven@newellboys.com>
To: "Tom Di Iulio" <diiulio@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: "Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: Oh what a night! (Long)
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:12:21 -0700, Tom Di Iulio <diiulio@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>
> > you should know we ALL feel your pain. everytime i leave the house with
> > one of my 2 "money pits", i make sure i've got my cell phone and AAA
> > card.
> > and yes, i've had to use both.
> > <snip>
> > remind me how far cars have come as far as reliability. jump in a modern
> > era
> > car, turn the key and go.....no warming up, no choke for the carb, just
> > go.
> > i must confess though that the un-reliability of our classic cars makes
> > every trip an adventure!
>
> You guys and your "unreliability" hangup! Maybe my new-car-driving
> friends are just unlucky, but since I live a mile or two from several
> dealerships I've picked up numerous friends and family after their newer
> cars were towed in for 1. check engine light, 2. not starting, 3. running
> poorly.... Take dozens of sensors and highly tuned engines and add an
> expensive computer w/ buggy software and a few hightech spy gadgets and I
> think auto manufactures are rolling back reliability.
>
> I went with a friend to test drive his dream car, a new Passat wagon. He
> says "I can't have an unreliable car like yours, Steven. My only
requirement
> is that I can jump in and turn the key and it starts." The
> salesperson sits in the new Jetta, turns the key... it doesn't start. Dead
> battery, some gadget ran the battery down. Same thing happened to
> my boss's girlfriends new Volvo wagon, first week it ran it's battery down
> twice. I loaned her my jumper cables from the TR4. ;-)
>
> PS yes, having claimed reliability so publicly, I expect to break down
> in the next few days. Tom, could you send me your cell number for
> when I need a ride? I may need to borrow your AAA card too, I let
> mine lapse.
>
> --
> Steven Newell
> Littleton, CO
> '62 TR4, 23,000 miles in three years, one tow
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