On 31 Aug 2015, at 14:11, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >> I like driving. The last car I owned was an MG B Roadster, but the times I >> got to actually enjoy it were so few and far between that the hassles >> massively outweighed the pleasures. > > [...] > > On Sunday evening I was driving from New Jersey to North Carolina, > when my throttle cable snapped, in the middle of tobacco fields. I > managed to jam a stick in the throttle to keep it open [...]
> He replaced the cable with > baling wire, and it worked, although it was quite still and jumpy. It > got me back to the Marine air station, and the next morning I > telephoned a local mechanic who specialized in foreign cars. He > ordered the cable, but it took two months to arrive. For more than > eight weeks I drove all around with the baling wire throttle cable. Fantastic! That's what they call 'bush engineering'. > [...] Style over reliability seems to > have bee the keynote of both brands. > There's definitely a brotherhood though. I once broke down in the marketplace of an old country town and was scratching my head, looking baffled when a chap came over and started chatting about MGs. Turned out he had at least one of each type ever made, plus a full time mechanic he employed to look after them, so he sent for him to fix mine. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
