Reply With QuoteUgh...
Perhaps they were sponsored by Jaguar?
I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried...
Y'know the funniest thing about stereotypes? Sometimes they're true:
British car attempting to set a new Land Speed Record sidelined by electrical problems.
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Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Ugh...
Perhaps they were sponsored by Jaguar?
Someone's looking for a job.
'08 Copper Red GT PRHT, '06 Accord EXL, '05 Dodge Magnum R/T, '01 V8 Dakota for pulling 2135 Chaparral.
HAHAHAHAHA!
Reminds me of a joke I heard today at the bicycle shop...
Why do the English drink warm beer?
Lucas Refridgeration!
Daily Driver: 2013 Club edition in Pearl White Mica
Lightness? What's that? I drive a PRHT!
As a former owner of a Triumph TR6, I have lived many of these jokes!
The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."
Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim "sudden, unexpected darkness."
Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.
Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.
The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF. The other three switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.
The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric products.
"I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any prob...
If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.
I'm so glad I have a miata instead of a much lesser british car.
Now, now for it's era the british made some really cool cars!Originally Posted by EvilSpeeder
AUTOMOBILE mag did a story on the guys over at the modern day Lucas and the author wrote that they still had their feelings hurt by these 40ish year old jokes...
If the shoe fits...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'
Yeah, but all the lights work on the Miata.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Dunno....I haven't seen an older model Miata with both headlights up at the same timeYeah, but all the lights work on the Miata.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'
If you'd care to mosey up to Frisco, I'd be happy to whip 'em out and impress you with how well they go up!Dunno....I haven't seen an older model Miata with both headlights up at the same time
If you'd care to mosey up to Frisco, I'd be happy to whip 'em out and impress you with how well they go up!
Mmmmmm....I could probably make the trip to Frisco for that .... I mean, it's not every day you get an offer to look at a nice pair of.....wait a minute....what're we talking about here.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'
If you'd care to mosey up to Frisco, I'd be happy to whip 'em out and impress you with how well they go up!
That's not what Mrs. Bean told me!
My favorite British car joke came from the Morgan rally a couple of years ago.
A guy sitting in an old MGB volunteered the following comment at the end of the day:Then he started grinding on the starter. He was still grinding, when I got in my Miata and drove away.Miatas are identical to MGs. Same guy made them both
OTOH - back when I was in HS, the three of us who ran around together drove an Opel, a Renault, and an MGB. We pushed the Renault more than we ever drove it. The MGB ran great, between breakdowns. I couldn't kill the Opel. Ever see the rear wheels lock up like the WRC guys only from a down shift instead of E-braking? I did many times :ncool: As long as the rotor cap was dry, the Opel was the only dependable vehicle we had.
Hey...1T - was that the rallye they started at the Kracker Barrel in Mesquite? We ran that rallye.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'
I learned to drive a stick on my Dad's TR6... Never had a car leave me stranded so many times...
And the "be home before dark" is so appropriate... It could run for about 30-45 minutes with teh headlights on before it wouldn't start again! I got really good at popping the clutch and learning to only park on a slope!
1984 GSL-SE - Its ALIVE!
1989 Suburban 4x4 - 4" Pro-Comp Lift 33" BFGs etc... DRUNK TANK!
2002 Protege5 - Lucky the drunk wagon SOLD
'04 MazdaSpeed Mx-5 Wheeee! Turbos are fun
How can I be so thirsty this morning, When I drank so much last night??
Two words...Delco alternator.And the "be home before dark" is so appropriate... It could run for about 30-45 minutes with teh headlights on before it wouldn't start again! I got really good at popping the clutch and learning to only park on a slope!
Gosh, I shoulda gotten a Miata. It must be great having cars that never need work and will run maintenance free for the next 50 years
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'
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