On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:51:07 +0000, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
wrote:

>Ret. <xxx> wrote:
>
>> I bought my current 75 new (pre-registered) in June 2004. It has not broken
>> down once. The only component replacement has been the Bosch alternator
>> which failed at 4.5 years. I was able to drive for two days until the
>> alternator was replaced by connecting a battery charger each night.
>
>I bought my Watburg Knight (pre-registered) in 1972. 

Should have got a "Boardwalk" (2) Isabella.

>It has not broken
>down once[1]. The only component replacement has been the entire
>driveline, which failed at 4.5 days. And again every 4.5 days
>thereafter. I was wable to drive for 17 years by the simply expedient of
>leaving the driver's door open and pushing the car everywhere with one
>hand on the steering wheel.
>
>
>[1] No, it's defintely not broken down just once.

(2) I know.

Derek

Derek Geldard wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:51:07 +0000, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
> wrote:
>
>> Ret. <xxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I bought my current 75 new (pre-registered) in June 2004. It has
>>> not broken down once. The only component replacement has been the
>>> Bosch alternator which failed at 4.5 years. I was able to drive for
>>> two days until the alternator was replaced by connecting a battery
>>> charger each night.
>>
>> I bought my Watburg Knight (pre-registered) in 1972.
>
> Should have got a "Boardwalk" (2) Isabella.
>
>> It has not broken
>> down once[1]. The only component replacement has been the entire
>> driveline, which failed at 4.5 days. And again every 4.5 days
>> thereafter. I was wable to drive for 17 years by the simply
>> expedient of leaving the driver's door open and pushing the car
>> everywhere with one hand on the steering wheel.
>>
>>
>> [1] No, it's defintely not broken down just once.
>
> (2) I know.

Firth is still going on about my car is he?  I think it's become an 
obsession with him. Having said that, the fact that his opinion of the 75 is 
in direct contradiction of the overwhelming majority of professional car 
magazine reviewers who have tested the 75, speaks volumes about the worth of 
his opinions...

Kev