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And more so....A Peugeot is a Toyota.... new Mitsubishi AX is a Renault ....Mercedes Smart Car Chinese ? Curiouser & curiouser..... Dicken's Curiosity Shop.

Gone are the days of 2nd gear start 4 speed Mercedes Trans, even the 1st gear start Valve Bodys in the 280SLs Fast forward to Subaru's currant CVT. Going down hill yesterday, I found that it thinks for itself, (A. I.) downshifting on a feathered throttle, to effect engine braking. Selecting...

Are Izuzu tied up with GM, if so in what way ? But I guess so, as they were sold through GM Holden and British GM Bedford.

And the Rileys were way ahead with their engines. High Cams, Cross flow Heads,with twin SUs Designed in 1925 for Riley 9's Nothing new under the Sun....Firsr 4 valve heads were in 1903 !!

And I thought that Auto Trans were complicated !!

The Rileybut still with the pre war wooden Bodys which eventually rot out Though my 1955 2.5 survived pretty well. into the nineties....

The older I get....(90 very soon)....the more I seem to remember of yester year......As an aprentice for the imporers of Morris cars 1950 into Nth Ireland, it was my regular job to pick up the new cars from the Docks twice a month.. Amoungst the Nuffield products I have driven brand new...

18 speeds.... now that's a lot of gears .....Is that with a two speed Diff ? Two speed Diffs were all the go when I was with Ford F500/600 semis in the fifties. They did a good job job., excppt that with a load they boiled up hills and got cold going down. Hard on head gaskets...

Manual in todays traffic Patrick ? Growing up with no syncro G/Boxes...I won't be winding the clock back A good crash box of yester year's traffic , e.g, my 1929 Desoto Doctors Coupe in Melbourne mid Fifties. Even had Hydraulic Brakes ....but wooden wheels.....

Sealed for life ?? Car Manufacturers figure that after the first owner has sold.....thats the life of the vehicle... out of the warranty period. We then sell parts. I recall trying to buy some parts for an 11 year old Holden ..... Can't help...after 10 years the vehicle is...

Mercedes learned a hard lesson with their E Class Taxies in Gernmany, when they bowed to pressure from operaters, to increase the Trans oil change distances..... a flood of warranty claims. Today's highly stressed smaller and smaller Turbo Engines just don't last. Multi speed autos makeing up...

A double comment.... These Rovers are on a different planet to the much more revered Jaguars. They were solid quality. Over priced ? I think not ... you get what you pay for. My experience ? Having attended to many many of both, of their Auto Trans. The two litre cars were not up to much. They...

Another time waster !!! Why do I bother

Light at the end of the Tunnel!!! an offer from Gumtree seems genuine Would be such a shame to dump perfectly good Parts.

Unfortunately no takers for all the left over parts from our W204 C Class, as new electric door mirrors... boot lid.... parking Sensors etc So will be in the next collection of our Yellow recycling Bin The usual time wasters wankers on Facbook who needs them !!