[Mgs] MG pickup

[Charley Robinson]

My daily driver during the last few years of my working life was a 1970 
MGB.  I don't recall it ever getting ho-hum to drive. Shouldn't have 
sold it.......

CR

On 8/11/2019 9:32 AM, Rick via Mgs wrote:
> Paul, my wife drives a livingroom (lounge) with a steering wheel. My 
> daily is a 16-year-old Land Rover Discovery with 153k miles on the clock.
>
> On Aug 11, 2019 9:09 AM, PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73 at virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>     
>     With you there.  One of the things I hate about modern cars is
>     that they are so 'competent' aka boring.  Our daughter had a new
>     MINI and if it hadn't been for the scenery going past the window I
>     wouldn't have known we were moving.  I blame the manufacturers for
>     reducing the driving experience to that of sitting on a sofa
>     watching TV, and of drivers paying the same amount of attention to
>     their driving. Time and time again car shows where they have any
>     number of modern exotics the presenters occasionally get into a
>     classic and rave about the experience.  One of the things
>     that surprised me with the ZS180 on a test-drive at launch in 2001
>     was just how involving it was.  It'll have to go one day, and I'll
>     be sorry when that happens.
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>            Why, you (didn't) ask, would I own cars like that? Because
>         they're quirky and fun. So further to the point; Valuable by
>         its very nature is a subjective term. Its dynamic, and I love
>         dynamic systems.
>
>
>
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