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1. Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: TXBobcat30@aol.com; Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 22:44:03 EDT; Hi, I'm 15 years old right now and I'm considering a B for my first car. I have recently became "obsessed" with these cars.(I just love 'em) I have just acquired a '66 MGB from one of my relatives. I; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00915.html (8,121 bytes)
2. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: "Ray e. Huff" <mgbrh@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 20:33:34 -0700; Oh how i wish i had been in youre spot at 15 mgbs are great cars. Thier easy to fix parts are very reasonable & they are one of the most fun cars on the road today besides at youre age they are a bab; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00916.html (8,752 bytes)
3. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:33:15 -0400; I would advise against it unless you really have a lot of free time. Having a car in your youth, ANY car, is cool. However the main reason it's cool is because it enables you to do so many things tha; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00917.html (8,764 bytes)
4. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:47:13 -0400; just Oh Jarrod, take the car and run! Especially as you are promised financial help to get it running. Ok, now more objective. It's an old car. It will have problems. It will break. You will fix it.; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00920.html (10,629 bytes)
5. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 02:30:34 -0500; Trevor's advice is sound & logical. What he says is true. Buy a used Japanese something with less than 75,000 miles on it. Put new belts & hoses on it, change the oil regularly & drive it for the fi; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00924.html (10,891 bytes)
6. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 07:00:16 -0400; Jarrod There are many people who drive MGB's daily including myself. I have a 74 MGBGT which I drive year round in New Jersey - I also show the car at events (never won anything for it but hey its th; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00927.html (9,709 bytes)
7. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 07:26:26 -0400 (EDT); If you need the car to get to work and can't walk if it breaks down then I would say forget it. If, on the other hand, you want a dailey driver but don't mind putting time and money into it for a few; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00929.html (9,688 bytes)
8. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: "Kai Radicke" <mowogmg@pil.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 08:18:45 -0400; I highly agree with Trevor on that point. I picked up my '66 MGB at 14 (I'm 16 now), however with school, work, and a life... it doesn't leave much time for the car at all. So unless you can make th; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00937.html (10,648 bytes)
9. RE: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: "Chris Delling" <saschris@flash.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 08:37:02 -0700; This list is not without a certain bias, so I suspect you will get many enthusiastic answers. To be honest, the MGB can be a very reliable method of transportation. Further, a 66 may be easier to us; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00939.html (11,562 bytes)
10. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: TXBobcat30@aol.com; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 09:23:51 EDT; Thanks for your input....hearing what yall had to say has helped me a lot. I'm still going to do what I can to my MG cause I'm really excited about being able to drive it.....but I probably wouldn't; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00940.html (8,905 bytes)
11. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Jethogger@aol.com; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 09:31:00 EDT; Hello Jarrod. Yes the MGB is best and cheapest car to recondition and But, You must be able to do 90% of the work yourself. If you have to pay some one to work on your MGB. It will take alot of money; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00941.html (9,206 bytes)
12. RE: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: don <brgmgb@napanet.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 09:33:33 -0700; By all means, fix the B up and drive it. The early cars are great automobiles. You will have a car that sets you apart from the "mainstream." Additionally, having a car like this will be a great lear; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00944.html (10,724 bytes)
13. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 07:27:33 -0400; I reluctantly have to agree that Trevor and Jim's advice is sound and logical. :) You will be able to rely more on an old Civic (our other car is a '95 Civic and it's bullet proof - never breaks) th; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00946.html (9,480 bytes)
14. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Michael Hartley <roadster@mindspring.com>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:54:03 -0400; As someone who is not that far away from the ripe old age of 15, I say go for it. Every person that has responded to this request has made good, valid observations. The cars are not 100% reliable. Th; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00947.html (10,250 bytes)
15. RE: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: "RossOvercash" <jroverca@tiac.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 14:20:42 -0400; Safety Fast!! Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA http://www.tiac.net/users/jroverca/index.htm As someone who is not that far away from the ripe old age of 15, I say go for it. Every person t; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00948.html (10,565 bytes)
16. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Chad Cooper <mgb72@airmail.net>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:30:49 -0500; Got mine at 13, got it running, got my license at 15, I am 23 and still driving daily... DO IT, by all means. Chad, 72 B Daily Driver; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00952.html (9,609 bytes)
17. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Mike Hartwig <mhartwig@cbu.edu>; Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 21:06:16 -0500; ... I'm 23 myself, and I wholehartedly agree with Michael. These years of your life, when you are still in high school and college are the easiest. It may seem that life is hectic, but you just need; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00962.html (11,773 bytes)
18. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 02:59:24 -0500; An excellent point. Some of my best teenage/early 20 adventures stemmed from being abandoned by my MGB in some remote locale! The old & logical, Jim However,; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00965.html (8,634 bytes)
19. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Charles N Horton <carolus@MIT.EDU>; Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 14:15:20 EDT; Adventures I've had since getting Gandalf a month after my sweet 16: + Learned to shift a 3speed manual with no synchro on 1st gear. Discovered a year later that the trans was broken, after learning; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00980.html (9,738 bytes)
20. Re: Is a "B" really worth it!?? (score: 1): Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>; Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:58:32 -0400 (EDT); If you want to run a B, do it. You've been on this list for a while and you know of the problems and joys that others have had. What you do while in high school can be _more_ important than what come; /html/mgs/1998-06/msg00985.html (8,096 bytes)

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