Survey: type 44 break down frequency

[Robert Deis]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Wallace White wrote:

> How many times have you wound up stuck on the side of the road in your
> type 44 (5k, 100/200, V8)?

Only once- the bad alternator of a couple weeks ago.  All other failures
have been annoying in nature, or at least non-catastrophic-- we've always
been able to get home.  Even with the alternator problem I was able to get
3-4 miles to an auto parts store.

I have a number of annoyances that need repaired, and those may well cause
a real problem if I don't deal with them, but in general I've found my 86
5k quite trustworthy.

It's even got a habit of fixing itself, which is quite odd, but
explainable.

I've put a total of about $6kUS in to the car over two years of ownership,
including the purchase price and a full suspension rebuild/bushing
replacement, not bad at all, IMO.

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