13-12-2019, 07:51 AM
I have only directly owned about 4 cars, the Seven, a Javelin, a 1964 Hillman. Although could not readily get under any, most underneath parts could be checked, getting progresively more difficult with each. Then I inherited the wifes Honda Jazz. Absolutely nothing can be checked without jacking.
Except perhaps for the rear shackles the Austin can be greased in good clothes.
Over the decades when underneath required close scrutiny I often parked cars to straddle a gutter.
Incidentally the Jazz it is far and away the least satisfying of them all... but it is enormous inside and does vastly superior mpg and I might be able to get in and out when I am 90. No one ever waves, toots, gives thumbs up, grants row, reminisces, or, in the case of the Javelin, commiserates.
"If the car has landed on your face, wiggle your left foot if you want us to lift"
Except perhaps for the rear shackles the Austin can be greased in good clothes.
Over the decades when underneath required close scrutiny I often parked cars to straddle a gutter.
Incidentally the Jazz it is far and away the least satisfying of them all... but it is enormous inside and does vastly superior mpg and I might be able to get in and out when I am 90. No one ever waves, toots, gives thumbs up, grants row, reminisces, or, in the case of the Javelin, commiserates.
"If the car has landed on your face, wiggle your left foot if you want us to lift"