FUEL CRISIS? DRIVE A MUSCLE CAR!!!
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EDITOR'S BLOG
So what do you think of our 'Fuel Crisis?' T-shirts? It just has to be the two-fingered salute to those responsible for raising the prices at the pump! Won't make fuel any cheaper, but you can have a laugh while you're filling up!!
Recently did a clutch swap on our project Cobra, following the death of the last clutch. It was a Fidanza single-plate unit which came out, and it’d died because of my own poor adjustment, which meant the clutch was dragging all the time. Interesting to see rivets worn down to a bare minimum, but at least the new twin-plate unit is far easier on the left thigh.
Heard the sad news just a few days ago that Dodge is dropping all its models bar the Calibre, in the UK. Oh, and it’ll keep the forthcoming Journey – kind of a small MPV like Ford’s C-Max. I can’t help but think they introduced too many models, too quickly, without enough market evaluation. The Avenger was way too average and expensive (and front-wheel drive!) so I can understand that, but I thought the superbly-named Nitro (4WD Jeep-type thing) would work better than it has. I would love one on my driveway, that’s for sure, especially one in black. No great loss is that the Chrysler Sebring is also quietly being shoved under the carpet. May it never rear its ugly drop-top head again.
I don’t like being negative about US vee-hick-culls in the UK, but for a start the company seem didn’t listen to their Chrysler/Jeep dealers, who are pretty damn knowledgeable on what will and won’t sell. Management suits simply don’t have the same communication with punters as those suits on the showroom floor. And I just don’t want to see Chrysler (or any other American manufacturer, for that matter) having a disastrous UK experience again, as it’ll mean more mainstream press ridicule, and less respect in the future.
Lastly, I just want to encourage you to use your Yank, even if you do limit mileage to local shows only. A lot of shows really do need support, given last year’s many rain-outs and this year’s concerns about the recession tight-rope we’re walking. Will we, won’t we? Sod it, just get out, floor the throttle and be damned!
Rich Nicholls, editor, American Car World
