But from the other point of view, the Italian engineers acheived the
correct balance. Their goal was to make sure the Italian buyers had to
purchase a new car every 3 years. If they hadn't added the British oil
leakage feature and tuned it correctly, the cars would have rusted out
even faster with all that Russian steel. The British, OTOH, never seemed
to get the idea that a balance was needed. The cars leaked so much oil
that the self-rusting feature was voided. This meant the British cars
lasted longer. As a result most of the British car makers went out of
business. ;=)
We could go on like this forever...
David Laver wrote:
>
> > According to my version of world car history, the British invented Cars
> > That Leak Oil(tm). The Italians invented Factory Rust(R). The two groups
> > entered into a cross-licensing agreement to avoid a nasty legal battle
> > over patent infringement. ;=)
>
> British cars also have Factory Rust but the oil leaks hold it at back on the
> critical structural parts. What lets Italian steelwork down is the quality of
> the engineering...
>
> David Laver
> '65 MG Midget
> '53 Lancia Aurelia
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