At 01:33 AM 3/9/96 -0500, Ragthyme@aol.com wrote:
>::chuckle::
> >snip<
>>...The real point is that unless a mechanic has a garage that's consistently
>>full of LBC's, any advice he gives should be treated with a fairly high
>>level of skepticism.
>
>I once had a mechanic, at the time doing nothing more serious than putting
>tyres on my alloy wheels, insist to me in some godawful southern accent that
>all MG's were made by Ford anyway, and just dressed up to look like foreign
>cars. Ford parts were certainly interchangeable with MG parts, asserted he.
> It was all a ploy, you see, to get them to cost more...
>
>I bet he believed in Alien Elvis Babies too.
>
>ckr
>
Reminds me of the first time I insured my MGB five or six years ago. The
clerk taking the information was apparently too young to know of such cars:
Clerk: "What kind of car are you insuring."
Me: "An MG."
Clerk: "Who makes it?"
Me: "MG."
Clerk: "Who?"
Me: "MG!"
Clerk: "You mean the make is MG? Never heard of it! Are you sure?"
Me: "Yes."
Clerk: "MG doesn't stand for anything?"
Me: "No."
Clerk (hesitatingly): "What model?"
Me: "B."
Clerk: "What model?"
Me: "B."
Clerk: "I mean WHAT MODEL, like Camaro or Mustang!"
Me: "The model is B. The car is MG. This makes it an MGB."
Clerk: "I have NEVER heard of anything like this............."
I did get the appropriate paperwork, so all was well. This conversation
occurred as presented: if anything I've left out some of her more startling
comments. This was in the suburbs of a major urban center, too, not exactly
Guam!
Regards,
John
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