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What am I doing with the LBC - The Rolling Stones or the LBC?

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Subject: What am I doing with the LBC - The Rolling Stones or the LBC?
From: Murray Arundell <marundel@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 12:32:15 +1100 (EST)
I get that occasionally, but when I do I just mention that I drove my 1975
MGB GT-V8 from Brisbane to Perth (Australia) and back, clocking up nearly
8,000 miles in three weeks and all I did was check oil, water and oil.
Needed neither!

Murray Arundell

Mike Lishego wrote:
>
>       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.  
>


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