20-02-2013, 03:13 PM
Still think the best car iv ever owned woz my 74 beetle. No power steering. Anything over 70 mph and you had no brakes. The most complicated thing on it woz the original radio.
Its simple rewarding motoring. It cost verry little to run the parts are cheap. got a brand new engine 1300cc for £600 and spent 2hours takein the old one out and putting the new one in ( on my own with very basic tools)
It made you smile every time you drove it and the only time i broke down (the reason i had a new engine) woz because i hadnt put any oil in it for ages and it ran dry then locked up
I cant think of any car now that you can fix with very basic tools. You neew to buy all them stupid expensive tools to do simple jobs and if you take it to a garage you might aswell hand them your payslips for the next 5years.
Its not that i dont like/want a new car but i just think someone should make one for the people like us..... That like fixing cars.
But i can safely say thats not gunna happen.
Its simple rewarding motoring. It cost verry little to run the parts are cheap. got a brand new engine 1300cc for £600 and spent 2hours takein the old one out and putting the new one in ( on my own with very basic tools)
It made you smile every time you drove it and the only time i broke down (the reason i had a new engine) woz because i hadnt put any oil in it for ages and it ran dry then locked up
I cant think of any car now that you can fix with very basic tools. You neew to buy all them stupid expensive tools to do simple jobs and if you take it to a garage you might aswell hand them your payslips for the next 5years.
Its not that i dont like/want a new car but i just think someone should make one for the people like us..... That like fixing cars.
But i can safely say thats not gunna happen.
when in doubt...... flat out.