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Aug 26, 2020 16:04:36 GMT
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See also, "I bet it's thirsty" in respect of anything oldish with a decent sized engine. I don't approach people with a new diesel Audi in petrol stations and say "I bet that's depreciating a lot". Dead right, I had a gen5 Camaro for about 5 yrs. The amount of people who would say ‘wow, what engine is that?’ 6.2 I’d say ‘Bet that drinks fuel’ yeh go figure I get a strange satisfaction from that when people ask performance and economy of my Dodge- 6.4 V8 which often averages better economy than the car of the person asking. It gets better economy than a Focus RS, that's my best "doing better than you" yet. Though, MAN THAT'S A NICE CHEVY YOU GOT THERE Yes, it's a nice Pontiac, thanks. It says it right there in nice letters, specially for you. Phil
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Aug 26, 2020 16:09:13 GMT
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Though, MAN THAT'S A NICE CHEVY YOU GOT THERE Yes, it's a nice Pontiac, thanks. It says it right there in nice letters, specially for you. Phil It's not hard to read the badge is it Haha, I get "thats a nice GT" (badge on boot) "what is it?" Was washing it this morning and got asked about mpg, but I let him off as he knew exaclty what it was and was just trying to talk cars.
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Last Edit: Aug 26, 2020 16:09:51 GMT by joem83
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Aug 26, 2020 16:13:37 GMT
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Exactly. I tell people mine turns gasoline into smiles very efficiently.
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Aug 27, 2020 20:41:23 GMT
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I had a MK2 16v GTI and went through numerous rubber hangers for the back box, the standard ones just weren't up to the job and stretched under the weight and the aftermarket 'reinforced' ones were just as bad. If you want to include exhaust and stupid in the same sentence, there's always the Classic Mini. Try sealing the standard manifold to the standard exhaust using the stupid one-piece clamp they gave you. It was an utter ball-ache. Not surprised most people went Free-flow or LCB. The originals were garbage. And Metros were even worse, because they had 2.
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Aug 27, 2020 21:40:35 GMT
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This is probably something that bothers only me but the front indicator/sidelight units on a chrome bumper MGB are clearly the wrong way round. Imagine if you flipped them 180 degrees the flat part would be in line with the grille and the sidelights would be pointing forwards rather than out to the corners. I just imagine that a worker on the MG production line just put them on the wrong way round and (this being BMC in the 60s/70s) the supervisor didn't dare tell him off for fear of starting yet another strike! Another more general one is indicator switches being on the wrong (ie right hand) side of the steering column. It just makes more sense to me to have it on the same side as the gear shift, that way your right hand (in a RHD car) cab stay on the wheel all the time. Right at the beginning of this thread we were faced with this alleged production booboo.
When in fact it's nothing of the sort! The lights are fitted the way they are to conform with C+U regs that stipulate a minimum distance from the sidelight to the outer edge of the vehicle. The sensible and logical way to fit this light is with the indicator on the outside so it is visible (partially at least) from the side of the car. More aesthetically pleasing too! But that would put the sidelight too far inboard to conform to the regs.
MkIII Spitfires /MkIIGT6 use the same lights the same "wrong" way round so it's not just MGs that suffered.
It also affected the similar but not so noticeable sidelight/indicator units on my Dolomites, The lamps on my Toledo (below) are actually incorrectly fitted, it came from the factory with the sidelights outboard But I chose practicality, never been pulled up on it yet by constabulary/MOT testers, lets face it, NOBODY drives on just sidelights anymore, or leaves the lights on when parked on an unlit street.
Steve
Of course I DO get regularly corrected by rivet counters! But they can put it where the sun don't shine!
PPS, apologies for having black wiper blades on chrome arms, the black blades are cheap and available, it's a daily driver, I can live with the mismatch!
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2020 21:52:34 GMT by carledo
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Yes, the lights on that MG do look wrong, and yes, the indicators should on the outside for practicality. As for indicator switchgear, it should be on the right stalk (for rhd) as per BMC and other civilised car makers including those from the land of the rising sun. To have it on the same side of the column as the gear lever (column or floor mounted) as per later English Fords and other European spec vehicles makes it difficult or impossible to change gear and indicate at the same time as the same hand is used for both. The whole point of having switchgear on column stalks is so that a driver can operate it without taking his hand off the steering wheel, otherwise we could still have the trafficator switch in the middle of the steering wheel and the wiper switch on the dashboard.
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