RE: Who designed the location of...

["David Breneman" <DAVID.BRENEMAN@dhl.com>]

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Tab Julius [mailto:tab@penworks.com]
> Yeah, well, who the hell decided to put the damned battery 
> behind the seat, 
> where you can't give them a jump without opening the roof 
> (problematic in 
> bad weather), instead of under the hood?

I recall that the owner's manual for my 1968 MGB said that jump
starting other cars could damage the voltage regulator.  Was that
just over-caution on the part of the authors?