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Old 28-08-06, 11:10
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British Car Syndrome (BCS) being the TLA for this terrible tradgedy of the motor car history.

BCS came about in the early 19th centuary when the British Polies created a Taxation system that would create the benchmark for design. The system left engineers no choice but to make 1000cc do the work of 3000cc. Vehicles were not designed for safety or practicle performance of the task undertaken but to do as much work as possible with as few horsepower.
30 mph was the sound barrier to the poms.

This combined to reduce the financial viability of the British car maker worldwide. In order to make ends meet the pommie engineer would build cars with ONE brilliant idea or feature and suround that with bits from other models and the parts bin. This made the one great idea fail as all the other antiqated bits feel to pieces.

Alas then Robert Lucas set up a component supply shop to make the Pommie cars run and the lights shine. But he too sufferd under the Taxation system and could not afford a Quality Assurance department.

The cars that made it to Australia only travelled short distances because the owners could not see in the dark. These low milage examples were bought by Aussie lads who thought that he could sought out the individual problems one at a time.

But if he did not relize he would soon become in the cycle of weekend repairs and a car that used more $ dollars in parts per week than fuel. If he stuck with it he would soon loose all social skills as there was no pay pack to go out with his mate on Friday night. Soon he was a lonly nutter with only other Brittish car fans as friends all feeling sorry for each other.

BCS

THE END :dh:
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