James Charles Ruwaldt wrote:
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> To those of you who've owned your cars for some time,
> I realize this is a hobby where I will have to make fairly
> frequent repairs, but I'm wondering if any of you have found that you
> reach a point, when you get most of the bugs worked out, so that you can
> fairly readily predict when the next repairs will be needed. My mechanic
> says British cars are actually pretty reliable, which goes somewhat
> contrary to everything I've heard. However, so far I've never replaced
> anything more than once. I haven't found maintenance to be more
> frustrating on this car than on any other I've worked on. Of course,
> I've been desensitized by the probably lemon Rabbit Diesel I owned for a
> few years, which was always breaking down. Nevertheless, I wouldn't be
> surprised if part of what I've experienced with the TR6, is just what's to
> be expected with a twenty-five year-old car. Now that I've asked if
> anyone's found their cars to be somewhat reliable, do more of you find that
>the repairs
> are the nightmare that they're cracked up to be? Not that any of this
> will make me get rid of the '6. It's too much fun.
> Jim Ruwaldt
> '72 TR6 CC79338U(being restored)
I bought my basket-case TR 4A a few years ago... I methodically went
over the mechanicals... I've rarely had to go back over the same thing
twice...(as you said).. and now, knock on wood, I can pretty much trust
the car as much as my Nissan... The best example would be... I thought
nothing of driving up to San Francisco, (from Los Angeles), on a whim...
without any special preparations... it's been turn-key for quite some
time now. YES... I think they can be reliable.
Justin
jmwagner@greenheart.com
http://greenheart.com/jmwagner
Los Angeles
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