And a variation on the oil change fiasco...the guys at our local Tune-up
Masters some years ago didn't notice how the bonnet was being supported.
Slammed it down and folded the support stay backwards. Of course, I
didn't notice until the next time I raised the bonnet, and they seem to
have neglected to tell me that it had happened.
Wayne
50 Td
79 Spit
Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
>
> > To add to that:
> >
> > 5. Not too many people knows how to put our Spitfire
> > into reverse. Just park it so who ever wants to
> > steal the car has to back it out.
>
> Too true!
>
> The first time I took the spitty in to have the oil changed, the guys at my
>neighbourhood Jiffy Lube couldn't get it in reverse-heck! they could barely
>move it forward!
>
> Add to this list that most people can't figure out how to open the bonnet!
>Starting with the Jiffy Lube guys that first visit and ending with the AAA tow
>truck drivers!
>
> Added to the fact that my piece of crap '93 Nissan is more likely to be
>stolen and chopped up for parts long before my beautifully restored
>Spitfire-and it's worth more too! Who's going to steal a car that they can't
>open the bonnet, get into reverse or even figure out WHAT type of car it is!?
>
> My car is open all the time-a lesson I learned after having my tonneau
>slashed and a favourite jacket stolen-whilst the police sat across the street!
>And because of the previously listed reasons...I don't even remove the face
>plate off my radio anymore! THe first night I had the car-I forgot and left
>the keys in the ignition! The worst that anyone will do to it is vandalize
>it-but stealing it is way down on the list! When I take the Nissan to L.A. for
>the night or a weekend-I worry! When I take the Spitfire-I sleep easier!
>
> And I live in the Van Nuys of Costa Mesa! (Ok, so they might steal the
>exhaust off it.) But, mostly they're soooo uninterested in it-but they eye
>that Nissan!
>
> I love the irony!
>
> Laura G. and Nigel-in and of himself an anti-theft device!
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