I had Monday off so I did what's becoming an annual "get the neglected cars out of my grandmother's garage for a day, drive them around and put them back for another year" routine.
I'd driven the T/A to get there, so I got a chance to have both of my thirdgens together for once.
and the MGB
Getting those two also involved moving my mom's MGA, another MGB owned by my brother and my dad's winter beater Cadillac STS. I planned for the whole day banking on at least one of them giving hassles. As we put batteries in each one they all fired right on on the first or second crank. MG's hadn't been started in 1year, Camaro had been at least a couple years of non-running. They're all filthy on the outside, and I didn't bother to clean anything.
The MGB is a (mostly) original car with 21,000 original miles. It hasn't been on the road since 93; brakes and all the hydraulics were rebuilt 2 years ago, so it runs and drives very good. Even on stale gas the engine feels pretty sharp. It has some scratches and chips, and needs a good detailing.
Camaro was my dad's daily, and then my daily. It has 320,000km of hard year-round GTA commuting under it's belt. 2.8L V6, carbed. Most reliable car ever, aside from exhausts, brakes and a handful of typical wear items (steering and suspension bits) it's never seen any major work. Body isn't bad, it was religiously rust proofed, but it has it's scars. Interior is somehow perfect. I drove this one a fair bit on Monday and I was amazed at how comfortable and tight it still feels, no weird noises, tight steering, good brakes - amazing considering it's been off the road since 2007.
