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To: heinz44 who wrote (51729)	10/30/2007 8:53:09 PM
From: pocotrader	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78422

My first three cars were 840 Austins they cost me a total of 67 bucks lol one ran on three cylinders, another had no brakes, the first never ran at all, I never learned my lesson as my sixth car was a 1959 Triumph tr3, every part was replaced over time and if I hit a big puddle it wouldn't run for three days as it had Lucas electrics also known then as the prince of darkness lol poco

To: heinz44 who wrote (51729)	10/30/2007 10:20:06 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78422

I had a Skoda like that. My mechanic drove it more than me. That made him cranky. I figured the communists made cars like that so nobody would think of escaping in them. It had a rear engine and front radiator with an electric fan. Because of this the cycle time of thermostat allowed overheating/underheating of the engine coolant under the most trivial of circumstances. It either ran too cool for proper combustion or too hot. The solution would have been to trash the electric fan, put air scoops that led back to the engine compartment and put the rad in the back with the engine. I also drove a Lada and a Renault. The Renault would spin like a top in a heavy dew. If you looked sternly at the body panels they would crumple. The Lada gradually fell apart in a semi-dignified manner. Had an Audi too. The Audi was a quasi-noble car. Not that distinguished, and when it got problems, they were like genetic diseases that were incurable. 17 mechanics had opinions about how to cure the disease, but non agreed with the other. The most intriguing was a Rumanian Jeep called the Aro. Its defects could be diagnosed by amateurs by eye. Parts broke because they were evidently badly engineered. They had made them massive so that the uneven forces on them could be borne by metal alone. Unfortunately the principle of leverage was too much for mere Rumanian steel. The piston stroke was about 18 inches. You could count the revolutions of the engine at 40 MPH which was its top speed in 5th gear. On the plus side, the vehicle would climb hills of 45 degrees, and ford streams 2 feet deep. It was relatively immune to corrosion. I noticed that about the Skoda too. However that could be because you could not get enough road miles on them to collect enough salt to seriously matter. Another interesting beast I drove was a Borgward. Its interior body paneling, plastics, instruments were identical to the Mercedes Benz. Its steering was the most sensitive I had ever seen. It was 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock lock to lock. If you breathed on the steering wheel it would swerve. It was actually hard to drive because of this. If it were easier to maintain I would still own it. EC<:-}