On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:17:47 +0000, Andy Champ wrote:

In 1970 you _had_ to be able to open your car bonnet and identify
everything because it _would_ break down. I used to carry a toolbox in
my first car, this one... well, I once had to get a jump-start, followed
swiftly (that day) by a new battery.

I take it you had an English car ?