[rescue] Re: geek vehicles

[Michael S. Schiller]

Years ago my mother had a Jaguar XKE. Over the course of the 7 years she owned it
she had so much contact with the regional British Leyland rep (the factory rep
that worked with dealers to fix problems) that they were on a first name basis,
and at one point he made a statement that I still think is one of the funniest
I've ever heard. He said that "British Leyland is proud of the fact that the
Jaguar has only 20% seepage"

Now maybe it's just me, but any company that's proud of the fact that their
products only leak 20% of their fluids has GOT to be smoking something good!

-Mike

Ross Alexander wrote:

> [...]
> >
> > You have obviously never owned or been around a british automobile.  They all
> > have incredibly shitty electrical systems manufactured by Lucas Electrics.
> > This (mis)feature often renders an otherwise fine piece of engineering
> > completely unreliable.
> >
> > obLucas_Joke: Q: Why do the Brits drink warm bier?
> >               A: They all have Lucas Refrigerators.
>
> Lucas Electrics - manufactured in a Welsh coal mine, packed in brine for
> shipping.
>
> At one point I mounted huge (for a motorcycle) Ford ignition coils on my
> '73 Norton Commando. Looked funky, but it ran better than the stock
> ones.
>
> --
> Ross Alexander
> rossalexander at home.com
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-Mike
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