I can say that I agree in principal .. but what about the Toyota land Cruiser
and CJ knock-off - both real popular yet rusty collectibles.
Just checking in.
Dr. Doug
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net On Behalf Of John McEwen
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 1998 12:48 PM
To: Mike Lishego
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Comment on newer cars: (was: Re: Sinking feeling about
Internet
(No LBC))
Hi Mike:
You might ask your modern car friends how many of their much-vaunted LJCs
from 1974 still even exist or if anyone gives a damn about them. Other
than a few Z cars, I can't think of a single collectable Japanese car from
the '70s. Maybe a few RX7s but they're still ugly. There were certainly
no Toyotas of note.
John McEwen
Asbestos waiting in the closet.
>James E Kearman wrote:
>
>> This is "progress." Today's $23,000 Miata won't get you there any faster
>> than the LBCs of years past, but for some reason we associate "more" with
>> "better."
>
> I've been wanting to post this question to the list for some time,
>and James
>has just given me the line to start on! Ok, does anybody else get the
>feeling that
>the only people who can appreciate our LBC's are the people who believe
>that newer
>isn't *always* better? I've met a few car buffs who think that my MGB
>isn't as good
>as their newer T*yota's and Niss*ns. Of course, I concede the point that
>their cars
>have a more refined interior and have little comforts like cupholders and
>non-leaking
>tops. What burns me up is their response when I tell them that I plan on
>traveling
>about 600 miles in my MGB next year to go to college. I get comments like
>"It'll
>never make it" or "Better take some spare parts." These folks don't know,
>or for that
>matter, they don't care to know that my MGB is functioning just like their
>$20k
>marvels and that my eye for detail would spot many serious problems in
>advance. They
>just see a '74 MG and add age to usage and come up with a vehicle that
>shouldn't
>travel further than 60 miles from home! Does anybody else get this? My
>final point
>it this, and I tell them this everytime they get a recall letter from the
>dealer:
>Newer isn't always better. Gentlemen and ladies, thank you for the
>bandwidth to get
>this off my chest.
>--
>Michael S. Lishego
>St. Andrews Presbyterian College
>Elementary Education Major,
>English Minor, Class of 1999
>R.A. of Winston-Salem Hall
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