240 General: it"s an old car!..Get over it!!!

[honestjoe]

Hi all 240 people!!..I have no complaints about my tough as old boots 240 DL..key in..pull away..job done!..but he is fragile..(i say he because it means that i do not have to explain myself!!)..HE is at the mercy again of exhaust fitters and tyre people!..a certain well known outlet for all exhaust fittings past straight pipe..£278.00..a mugging is in progress!!..Hold that thought..lets nip around the corner to another well known more industrial and plant fitters situation.. and low and behold its eighty smackers cheaper!!..The language is richer..there is violence in the forecourt..now i"m not saying that i should expect things for nothing..I"m all for the working person..i"m one meself..but when you drive in to these hornets nests the vibe changes..the radio switches to high noon..modern runarounds look inconsequential..tumbleweed sort of does its thing..(if its windy)..The tutting ensues..The mumbling..then the fingers on computer keyboards play a tune of despair and say!.."hmmm..one more hmmm..We can have it here by the time your kids wheel you into the happy home!!..ok says i...Just shy of £200.00....Oh i wish i had my own garage!!..Then its a trip to to the stealers for dizzy. rotor.cambelt...(tensioner bearing still too dear for my liking)..front pads..rear pads..oil filter..are they ate or girling rears?..i"m sure they are girlings..you better be sure says the little parts man..or you will be destroyed!!..The point i"m trying and possibly failing to put across is..the joy of having an older car in the modern world..we are at the tipping point of having something that people envy..(i should know i do this every few years)..saying all that folks, the more well known outlet were very complimentary about my bus..though most were obviously banger racers!..oh how i hate coming to town!!..cheers hj.