John,
This individuals poor manners and boorish behavior do not diminish your
good intentions in stopping to help him. 99.99% of people in a similar
circumstance would be extremely appreciative of your help and consideration. I
think that weâ??ve all been in a place where we were so glad of someone stopped
to help us out.
Best,
Bob
> On Sep 6, 2020, at 7:16 PM, John Macartney <john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> I think itâ??s unlikely this owner is on this list - but just in case, this
> is for him.
>
> Remember yesterday on the A46 near Bidford on Avon? I was the bloke in the
> black Volvo C70 convertible who took pity on you stranded at the roadside
> with a fuel metering unit whose timing was out of whack. Some things for
> you to remember for future reference:
>
> 1. I stopped to offer you help out of kindness and curiosity. No emergency
> mechanic will understand the Lucas injection system fitted on your TR6. I do,
> having worked on many cars with that equipment when new and Iâ??ve owned
> three myself.
>
> 2. If you choose to drive a classic car, One jack without a handle, no
> wheelnut spanner at all and a sloppy adjustable spanner does NOT represent a
> toolkit! Wasnâ??t it handy that mine was available?
>
> 3. If you paid £30,000 for that car, the seller saw you coming. The engine
> needs a major rebuild from the racket it makes at idle, the electrics look
> positively dangerous and the fuel pump is over-fuelling the metering unit.
> What I did at the roadside in re-timing your metering unit to squirt the
> correct pipe at least got you running on all six, albeit not smoothly but
> enough to get you home.
>
> 4. I hope you enjoyed the lunch you never stopped telling me you were likely
> to miss as I worked on your car and...
>
> 5. If anyone else ever stops to help you at the roadside when they had no
> need to themselves, remember itâ??s customary to say just two words before
> storming off in a cloud of smoke and crashing gears. Those words? Thank you
> is the customary in England and a few other places too.
>
> Sproutpicker!
>
> Jonmac
>
>
>
> Bessie Braddock: â??Winston! Youâ??re drunkâ??.
> Churchill: â??and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober but
> you will still be uglyâ??.
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