Re: Consider buying American!

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:36:53 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
<dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> Maybe Lucas, or RR, did something nicer at that level. Ask anyone else
>> who's ever worked on a Lucas system on any other British or Italian
>> car and they will tell you about Lucas quality. 
>
> Did many Italian cars use Lucas parts? Not the few I've seen.

Alfa Romeo, Fiat. 

>And I've owned and worked on many cars with Lucas electrics. Of course
>some had problems - but then what electrics system is perfect? Certainly
>not one Vauxhall I owned with mainly Delco stuff - I've never seen such
>badly designed distributors ever.

All the Lucas systems I worked on had repeated and frequent problems.
I haven't had that issue with American, Japanese, or other Euro cars
(and I like British cars, just not their electrical systems). 

>> Lucas headlights had a three position switch - dim, flicker, and off. 
>
> Nice gag - but when I ask for examples I don't get any firm ones. Or at
>least not from anyone who knows their electrics. Plenty of stories about
>what their 'mechanic' said, though.

See above.