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Originally Posted by AndyN01
The "younger" the replacement car the more electronics there are likely to be and the more difficult/impossible/expensive it will be to look after.
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I was using my 44 year old Triumph 2500 a few months back when it suddenly lost power and stopped. After a bit of head scratching I started it up again and off I went on my journey. A few miles later it conked out again. Repeated procedure until I got home
Next day determined it was a crack in the manifold which the engine heat would expand and cause air/fuel issues and thus loss of power. However, the car didn't know it should have illuminated the EML (I suppose it did go into limp mode though
). And if the handbrake should seize on the rear brakes then a gentle (or slightly less gentle) tap would probably release it at the princely cost of nowt!
No manufacturers emissions data and thus able to go into London for nowt! Of course this could change in the future.
A lot to be said for older cars but it all depends on spares availability.
Kev