Re: Speed limiters

On 06/07/2024 16:34, Phil Hobbs wrote:

My next car will be a 1972 Chevelle.

How many gallons to the mile does that do?
I saw a very unusual US car at a local show - one of 92 ever made and still in pristine condition. Auburn 1935 Boattail 851 speedster (spent most of its life in some pop stars garage). Now doing the rounds on the UK circuit - unless there is something even more exotic it wins best in show. It looks like something that Dan Dare ought to drive!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_Speedster
In some ways I miss the old days when you could take a mechanical car apart and then put it back together again. These days everything is electronic and firmware based. I don't miss the Ford bolt of year award though for the one put in such a position that without the right custom tool you would inevitably skin your knuckles getting it undone.
Parking radar on the bumpers make trivial fender benders extortionately expensive now and insurance premiums are rising to take account of that.
The parking light failure sensor on my previous car failed (incorrect warning every time you start the car). Cost to repair required an entire light cluster assembly swap so no way was I going to do that! The parking light still worked fine but the sensor thought it didn't.
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Martin Brown