On 6 Oct 2015 22:54:37 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2015-10-06, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>> The first thing I thought of when reading your comment was British
>> cars from the 50's, 60's and 70's. If they could find a way to
>> unnecessarily complicate and/or makes things difficult for no good
>> reason - that was the way to go apparently.
>
>Musta been Limey Fords (Cortina, Anglia). Even USA Fords are the
>pits.

Not just Fords, Jags and a lot of cars I suspect were much more common
here than in the U.S.

>I never had much mechanical problems with true British products
>(Triumph, MGA, Austin). They were always jes a step up from a rock,
>mechanically speaking.

True that. But inherently unreliable all the same, you must have been
very lucky not to have many problems. Triumphs were one of the better
examples I can think of as being awfully engineered.

>Jags were always a prob, what with their drool
>overhead cam engines, but I never owned one of those.

Yep. Despite that, the E-type is one exception I could live with. I
have a soft spot for the old E-type. Way out of my budget though!
I also have a soft spot for Aston Martins... but still not enough to
sway me away from Japanese made vehicles.