Guess I gave up to soon! Kidding. I have such a bad taste in my mouth
from the one I owned that I probably wouldnt own one if someone gave
it to me.

Jim

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> British cars are the ultimate "challenge".
>
> BTW, Jags are good cars from 87 on - They were still loaded with lucas parts
> and were still Jag engineering but by 1987 Ford owned them long enough force
> the suppliers to manufacture quality parts.
>
> Tom
> www.kegkits.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Jim Felder
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 4:45 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: VW quality & Mercedes FI & Japanese FI - was - Massive
> Maintenance and cost
>
> British cars should not be included in this discussion. I mean, we're using
> words like QUALITY here. I was a British car enthusiast for many years. I've
> had about all of 'em and worked on the rest. They are
> (were) made with hate. When I "rediscovered" VWs (I always was a bus
> junkie) I wondered why I ever fooled with those Lucas-ridden things.
>
> Maybe it was the axle that broke on an Austin Healy while it was sitting in
> the driveway the day after I bought it. Maybe it was the
> TR4 distributor that flew apart in the middle of a Georgia forest with Dr.
> Werner Von Braun's daughter in the passenger seat in the middle of the night
> on the way to Atlanta. Maybe it was the Jaguar R&P gears that turned to slag
> just cruising down the road. Maybe it was the unadjustable smogged triple
> Strombergs. Maybe it was having my 80 year old grandmother beat the panel
> behind the seat of a Sprite with a Coke bottle constantly so that the fuel
> pump would get us the 30 miles back to Birmingham...
>
> Don't get me started : 0
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 4:03 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> At 01:06 PM 4/16/2010, Roland wrote:
>>>
>>> He told my father to never buy a Mercedes, they were junk, you will
>>> spend twice the purchase price in repairs.
>>
>> That's not so bad really...Jaguar enthusiasts used to import mechanics
>> from England and set them up in comfort...
>>
>> :)
>> d
>>
>
>