![]() ![]() The fault was traced to the pinhole in its brass float in its SU Carburettor. The car left me stranded only once in August 2003 on a busy junction just a few weeks after I had bought it. calls these then BMC cars by, in his book "The British Car Industry Our Part in its Downfall", the car is excellently engineered and vows with the "Quality First" phrase that Lord Nuffield used for his company's Morris cars. This car is a gem of a machine and no matter what names James Ruppert, Editor, Autocar, U.K. My next car, year of manufacture wise the oldest of the lot is the 1955 Landmaster that has appeared in quite a few threads on the vintage/ classic cars section here. One expects a Japanese car to be the best of the lot and the most reliable, but in my case my British and Indian cars jointly share the 'most reliable' tag. Though it runs flawlessly when in a good mood, it is fast becoming unpredictable. As it is less used, the damage due to ethanol mixed petrol is also the most. The fuel tank, fuel pump and quite many carburettor components had to be changed very recently due to the ethanol's devil. Sometimes it was either the distributor, water pump, then the engine, then its carburettor and lately its fuel line that got clogged up due to ethanol blending in petrol. It was quite OK till the late 1990's but its niggles started showing just before the new millenium. But it also shares the distinction of being the car that got me stranded midway the most. Its spares are still available at very reasonable prices though some of these require efforts and involve waiting. Our habits to open the bonnet, check the radiator water level, engine oil level or check any fouling up inside the engine bay and gauge the engine mood were all gone with the advent of the Maruti. But not with the tiny Marutis, that changed the way India drove. And the old generation cars made their driver tired after covering long distances. Coming after the Ambassador, Premier and Mahindra jeep era, the Maruti with its front wheel drive was a breeze (Maruti has got its Brezza now) to drive and its three cylinder engine was almost noiseless until the electric fan had to start, sensing the engine and radiator water temperature. I have done some long distance driving on this car. The car has the distinction in being the least expensive to maintain for me amongst all and the costs of maintenance are slightly more than a two wheeler. The three plus decades have passed by so quickly that it feels the car was bought just sometime ago. Its pictures have appeared in quite a few threads. To start with, the oldest (ownership date wise) is my Maruti 800 SB 308 from 1987. In fact, they are still with me as on date. The topic gives me the leeway to discuss about the three cars I have owned. Here we can discuss about the most to the least troublesome cars that we have owned or still own till date. ![]()
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