Subject: Re: Type 44 breakdowns

[Michael A.Carr]

Three for me.....All in the last two years!
I bought my 85 5ks stckshift for $3900 in December 1994, with 90k on
the ticker.

once for the fuel pump....I had already bought the replacement and had
it in the trunk just waiting for time to do the job!..stranded over
night.

the second time for the clutch & flywheel job that Chris Semple helped
me out with by hooking me up with his connection across the parking lot
to fix for me. stranded one night plus the week and a half it took to
replace.

the third was for the U joint that fell off in boston two months ago
starnded four hours at 10 am and back on the road by 2 or 3 same day!

Oh, I forgot the timimg belt.....three hours late to see g/f for the
weekend one saturday morning in 99.....she was about 185k at that point
;-), and yeah I know..I should be thinking timing belt again soon....

This car, it won't surprise you to know has well over 240k on the
ticker now.....lot's of soul still too!

So that's four, in what 8 yrs!...maybe I'm picky but I DON'T think
that's great, but I LOVE diving this car!!!...something about the way
stick behaves on this thing....Maybe I just know it so well???...Would
Love to see what a late model R8L with a stick felt like tho one day
;-)