Morris, I do have to agree. Lucas electrical systems are rubbish. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Morris Galloway <morris-gallo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > That does it! > Somebody slurred Jaguars! > > Here to tell you my Jaguar Sedan XJ8 and my Roadster (XKR), both late model, > are at least as reliable as a Benz. (Own them too.) In fact, since Jaguar > was bought by some Yankees (Ford) their customer satisfaction has gone > through the roof, and warranty claims fallen drastically. The Sedan is > supremely dignfied. The Roadster? Sexy, well-made, non-fussy, occasionally > causing a way-to-young girl to smile and take a second look at the driver. > The Roadster is F A S T when the 13 psi Belt Driven Supercharger starts to > whine, in conjunction with the second fuel pump and the second air intake > opening up. And yet surprisingly, supremely comfortable on my daily 60 mile > commute. > Granted that Before Ford (November 1989) , while Still Using Lucas > (Defunct 1996) and Smiths and other sub-standard British electrical > components, the Jags were as bad as, as, as, MG's, Triumphs, Austins, and > the rest of the horrid English cars foisted upon the public. > > And the dinner-table comment is the Ford man went to Lucas et. al. and told > them their Mean Time Between Failure would have to exceed that experienced > by Bosch for Mercedes or Jag would quit and go German. "What? You'll abandon > British Electrical Genuis?" "Yup." Lucas couldn't meet specs -- and suddenly > the Jags had a fighting chance. Lucas is, after all, is the reason Brits > drink their beer warm -- Lucas made refrigerators. At least they are now > gobbled up by Goodrich and TRW and now defunct. But the Jag lives on. > And before I leave my soapbox, 'hand-crafted' (as in Rolls-Royce) only > means that the parts didn't fit properly until the mechanic took a hammer, > crowbar and coarse file (I could use the tool's name, but it is naughty) to > the d_mned assembly to force it together. Something I have never had to due > on properly made cars. So, that calls for the Rolls-Royce ancient joke -- > the triumph of files and crowbars over engineering. > > Harumph! > > Galloway, opinionated old Pentaxian. Probably have to change my name now -- > offended everyone. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
