Hello Jim,
Jim,
Reliablity is very important and apparently you are not reliable. If
you were you would not have allowed your MGB to be put in the position
of having to brake down due to your neglect.
These are not magic carpets. In fact treated properly they are more
reliable than any new automobile being manufactured today.
It was Henry Ford who said "if it's not there, it can't fail". The
message being, keep it simple. Well it does not get much simpler than a
MG. I am not trying to talk you out of selling that B of yours, quite
the contrary, you are not worthy of MG ownership. My only wish is you
sell to someone who will appreciate the car enough to correctly
maintain it and in return the MGB will give back a feeling of pleasure
and pride of it's ownership that no price tag could ever be attached
to.
Best of luck to you, Marilynne, your dogs and those pitiful examples
of automotive technology to remain in your driveway, once the only
thing worth keeping is gone.
David Deutsch
Jim Mellander wrote:
>At the risk of starting a flame-war, there is something to be said for
>reliable transportation. While it is true that the rice burners don't
have
>the soul of the MG, they require much less maintenance. I'm sure some
of
>you will disagree & will present anecdotal evidence, but the
perception that
>LBCs are unreliable didn't come out of thin air. Too many people that
I
>know or have heard about have been stranded by Brit cars, to just
dismiss
>the problem. Truly, LBCs are a labor of love & I dearly love my MGB,
but
>don't have the time to devote to it that it needs. MG's will always
have a
>place in my heart.
>
>So go ahead, flame if you must...
>
>
>Jim
>
>
You wrote:
>
>At 04:16 PM 1/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>UN-B-LIEVABLE, Jim seems to be having a "Warped Priorities Disorder".
>>This usually occurs when 1/2 of a couple allows the other 1/2 to suck
>>the fun out of their life.
>>David Deutsch
>>The keepers:
>>58 Austin wagon
>>66 B
>>66 Midget
>>75 B
>>79 B
>>The soon available
>>76 B
>>67 Sprite
>>
>>You wrote:
>>>
>>>Jim & Marilynne Mellander wrote:
>>>> 79 B - going away, sob, sob.
>>>> 89 Olds Cutlass Supreme
>>>> 86 Honda Accord
>>>> 88 Honda Accord
>>>> 84 Toyota Truck
>>>> 61 VW Bug - doggie transportation.
>>>
>>>Two Hondas and a Toyota, and the 'B' goes. Sigh.
>>>
>>>Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6
>>>--
>>>*** STANDARD DISCLAIMER
>>>*** Please assume all lines end with smiley face emoticon :-)
>>>*** unless passage contains improbable anatomical action phrases
>>>*** in which case the raspberry emoticon can be implied ;^P***
>>
>
|