Perhaps this discussion is being unfair. Afterall, it may be expecting to much of our British friends. Back in the early 1960s, I owned an MG 1100. It was one of the first of the front wheel drive cars with a tranverse mounted engine. The thing needed to operate at very high RPMs to get anywhere and, with all the vibration at such speeds, just about every bolt would work itself loose and need regular weekly re-tightening. I finally traded the car in on a Volkswagen squareback. As I was looking over the Volkswagen, my then 3 year old son dropped to the floor and immediately crawled under the engine area with his knees out. The salesman who was offering me top dollar on my tradein exclaimed, "Isn't that cute! He is imitating his daddy." It didn't dawn on the guy that was the way my son saw me 50 per cent of my weekends, i.e. with my feet sticking out from under the car...the car was a lovable but high maintenance lemon! Maybe that is the price of owning a Brit boat or other product. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Jul 31 2000 - 14:24:31 PDT
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