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To: Rick <rolindsay@yahoo.com>, PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73@virginmedia.com>, MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG pickup
From: Charley Robinson via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:52:44 -0500
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My daily driver during the last few years of my working life was a 1970 
MGB.  I don't recall it ever getting ho-hum to drive. Shouldn't have 
sold it.......

CR

On 8/11/2019 9:32 AM, Rick via Mgs wrote:
> Paul, my wife drives a livingroom (lounge) with a steering wheel. My 
> daily is a 16-year-old Land Rover Discovery with 153k miles on the clock.
>
> On Aug 11, 2019 9:09 AM, PaulHunt73 <paulhunt73@virginmedia.com> wrote:
>
>     
>     With you there.  One of the things I hate about modern cars is
>     that they are so 'competent' aka boring.  Our daughter had a new
>     MINI and if it hadn't been for the scenery going past the window I
>     wouldn't have known we were moving.  I blame the manufacturers for
>     reducing the driving experience to that of sitting on a sofa
>     watching TV, and of drivers paying the same amount of attention to
>     their driving. Time and time again car shows where they have any
>     number of modern exotics the presenters occasionally get into a
>     classic and rave about the experience.  One of the things
>     that surprised me with the ZS180 on a test-drive at launch in 2001
>     was just how involving it was.  It'll have to go one day, and I'll
>     be sorry when that happens.
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>            Why, you (didn't) ask, would I own cars like that? Because
>         they're quirky and fun. So further to the point; Valuable by
>         its very nature is a subjective term. Its dynamic, and I love
>         dynamic systems.
>
>
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    My daily driver during the last few years of my working life was a
    1970 MGB.  I don't recall it ever getting ho-hum to drive. 
    Shouldn't have sold it.......<br>
    <br>
    CR<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/11/2019 9:32 AM, Rick via Mgs
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      <div dir="auto">Paul, my wife drives a livingroom (lounge) with a
        steering wheel. My daily is a 16-year-old Land Rover Discovery
        with 153k miles on the clock.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 11, 2019 9:09 AM, PaulHunt73
          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 
href="mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com";>&lt;paulhunt73@virginmedia.com&gt;</a> 
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              <div><font size="2">With you there.  One of the things I
                  hate about modern cars is that they are so 'competent'
                  aka boring.  Our daughter had a new MINI and if it
                  hadn't been for the scenery going past the window I
                  wouldn't have known we were moving.  I blame the
                  manufacturers for reducing the driving experience to
                  that of sitting on a sofa watching TV, and of drivers
                  paying the same amount of attention to their driving. 
                  Time and time again car shows where they have any
                  number of modern exotics the presenters occasionally
                  get into a classic and rave about the experience.  One
                  of the things that surprised me with the ZS180 on a
                  test-drive at launch in 2001 was just how involving it
                  was.  It'll have to go one day, and I'll be sorry when
                  that happens.</font></div>
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                <div style="font:10pt 'arial'">----- Original Message
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                <div style="font:10pt 'arial';background:#e4e4e4">   Why,
                  you (didn't) ask, would I own cars like that? Because
                  they're quirky and fun. So further to the point;
                  Valuable by its very nature is a subjective term. Its
                  dynamic, and I love dynamic systems.</div>
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