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grober said:Sssskoda!
Rory said:.....
The point of this is I that I said something along the lines of 'they don't make 'em like they used to.' 'No, thank God', he said. 'No messing around with points, dizzy caps and rotor arms, HT leads etc.' I do wonder how often coils used to pack up in the old days - coil pack failure seems all too common now, esp on VAG cars, although I had thought they'd got through that.
Err no white goods break down!Fangio said:Lexus don't make cars, they make white goods.
Xander said:Ugly as hell but definetly a simple car :
Got to agree with Rory, the day's of points, distributors, manual timing, carburettor idle, carburettor mixture, fuel flow are thankfully well behind us. Yes, when you broke down, it was usually possible to get going again but the cost was cars that werre rarely in perfect tune, difficult to set up and, because of all the mechanical components, basically unrleiable.
I remember well how often I would think, "It's not idling properly, it's a misfire, it's not pulling like it should." Up would go the bonnet, or off to the garage to find out the problem. No thanks, I'll stick with the modern electronics.
DieselE said:I wouldn't like to be the driver when the emission control (lowered tail) fails.
Hello everyone, here's my two pennorthLazarus said:The pinnacle of old/new IMHO was the last of the old shape Saab 900s, the H type 16 valve turbo powerplant was supremely reliable, but had a sensible amount of electronics involved.
grober said:John, not sure of the answer to your question concerning the most common rent automobile. The issue is clouded by several companies being linked to manufacturers.
Europcar-Volkswagen
Hertz-Ford and Affiliates
ALAMO/National-General Motors
Dollar/ Thrifty- Daimler/Chrysler
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