Easy tiger! I might start mentioning those "wonderfully engineered" american engines... :-) "Stragand, Dave" wrote: > All British cars come with tool kits, because all British cars -need- > tool kits. =) > > The only purpose of the kit is to a nightmare for future restorers to > replace it when it has "gone missing". They serve no purpose when new, > as there is no way any owner of a British sports car would ever consider > getting dirty doing his own maintenance, and they way are too flimsy for > a real mechanic to use. Tool kits disappear at the exact moment the > original owner sells the car to the next person. Ask anyone who is > familiar with British cars, and you will see that all of the above is > 100% true. > > But honestly, they are a nod to tradition, from a time when well-to-do > motorists would travel with a mechanic/driver, and when race drivers > would bring a mechanic in the next seat. The specialized tools to work > on the vehicle (hub wrenches, hammer, spanners) were always included in > a leather roll that could be layed out for mechanics to work on the car > on the road. > > -Dave To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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