[Healeys] Just want to vent!

[Eric (Rick) Wilkins]

I get those comments all the time. You example is on the harsh end.  
Most act like they have some insider knowledge and only comment to  
indicate that they are "hip to the issues of foreign cars". Many will  
ask about parts availability or just comment about the "prince of  
darkness" and such.

For the Healey I'd usually say something like "being that this car is  
now so valuable, there are tons places to get parts. They cheaper than  
new car parts" which is actually true. Have you ever tried buy a  
master cylinder for a 2006 VW Passat?

My daily driver is a 1995 Jaguar. By that time Ford had bought them  
and the XJ6 was as bombproof as a car can be. I had no real problems  
until about 160k. I get people asking about it all the time. My quick  
answer had become "no trouble at all, Ford cleaned up the mess" which  
is kinda sorta what happened with the x-300 "re-design".

Wilko

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> Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.
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> Alan