Hi

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:20:32 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Adrian wrote:
HI All

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:11:26 GMT, "Julian" wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
Now they've become quite common - in London at least, due to the
artificial tax advantages - just watch the way they are driven. Despite
claiming to have nippy performance they in practice accelerate like a side
valve Morris Minor - the owner obviously with his eyes clamped on the
economy gauge.
Which touches on an old thread. (IYR?) I'd bet that the Minor achieved a
similar or better MPG than the Prius, and you could probably manufacture two
or three Minors with the materials needed for one P. It may pollute a little
more out of the exhaust pipe, but it's always worth keeping a clear
distinction in the mind between pollution and green house gas.

My dad had many Minors and Travellers, I'm sure he always got mid 40's MPG -
can't ask now because he's dead. I do remember that he always tried to thin
the mixture off as much as the engine would tolerate by turning the big nut
on the underside of the SU carb.

As it happens g - I've just taken on a '64 Traveler, and (lacking an
in-car consumption computer !) I've been keeping a rough tally of the
mpg - which has been round about 35 - 40 so far.

Now we don't tend to drive very fast out here (too many sheep /
tractors / & old bu**ers in Moggies in the way) - but a lot of our
motoring is fairly short journeys, and / or up and over the
mountains. I'm not sure I'd consider a Moggie as practical transport
on UK motorways - but out here it's fine.

In terms of 'life cycle costs' I guess the fact that this one's still
going 43 years after manufacture (albeit with an unspecified number of
rebuilds, spare panels etc) must count for something.

For me, the attraction is the overall simplicity of the thing - which
equates (I hope!) to low maintenance costs....

Depends on how you cost your labour replacing engine bearings every 30k
miles.

Ah - I know a man who can g

Regards
Adrian