I once had a Hillman Minx, built like a tank until the rust got to it, which lost all it's electricals one dark night in the middle of a forest in Norfolk (England). Nothing quite so eerie as plunging into stygian blackness at 60 miles an hour with no recollection of whether the road stayed straight or had been about to curve! Following the Minx, I had a Mini, great little car with one serious fault: there was a snap-together connector in the boot, which you could snag if you were careless putting stuff in there, and which then broke the circuit, so again you had no electrics. Happened to me once when I filled the tank - so embarrassing to be sitting in an apparently dead car with seventy people queueing up behind you to get to the pumps!
Aaah, the joys of motoring..... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia On Friday, October 19, 2001 7:15 AM, Frank Theriault [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Hee-hee! My favourite British automotive nickname relates to Lucas, who did > the > electrical system for most if not all Brit cars. They were known as "The > Prince > of Darkness". > > Who needs to drive at night anyway? :-) > > -frank > -- - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
