[TR] My worst car ever

[wbeech]

My worst, a 1958 Hillman Minx convertible with 4sp on the column, an the
requisite parts car/estate to go with it.  

Blew the engine coasting down him in top gear, spent weeks picking piston
parts out of all the oil passages.  Good news was that it was almost a
freebie, the guy sold it to me for $20 as he had just bought a new battery.

Bill B
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (rolling restoration)
"A bad day in your TR just gives you license to go shopping on-line again!"


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[mailto:triumphs-bounces+wbeech=flash.net at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Brian
Jones
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:30 PM
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Subject: [TR] My worst car ever

My worst car ever was a gold 1989 XJS 5.3L V-12 Jaguar.

Every 6 months it needed something in the $1,000 to $3,000 range.

So much money went on repairs, thinking 'that must be the last big thing to
go wrong' it made me faint. I started lying about it to my wife.

After two or three years of this, one day, I went over a bump and then heard
an odd thunking coming from underneath the car. I thought ...here we go
again, just weeks after my last repair. The dealer told me I needed to
replace a bushing.

$1200 later they replaced the $10 part. I knew then that I'd have to get rid
of the car or sell my first-born child.

I drove from that repair directly to a Chrysler dealership - the dealer
nearest to my home. I wandered in, left the jag, came home with a Sebring
convertible that is approaching 10 years old, has only had rotors, oil and
gas, has over 100k, and is going surprisingly well, given my kids now drive
it.

But I still miss the Jag.

Never eye-watering acceleration, but a strong, smooth push in the small of
your back that feels like it could never end. It was sort of a very small
London Gentleman's club on wheels  - Walnut, Wilton and sumptuous leather -
that on its good days, you could actually travel about in.

Brian Jones
TR4 1963
Valley Forge
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