Small quirks
06/17/2016
As the owner of an old car, you are of course all familiar with the little quirks that your classic may have. Whether it's the fuel gauge that reads a quarter wrong, the windshield wiper that stops working if it has to run continuously for too long, the uncouth warm start behavior that can only be remedied with the right amount of gas, or the ignition lock that only starts the engine if the key is not turned all the way to the stop. You have learned to live with these minor flaws and they are actually part of the character of the old car, which simply cannot be driven by everyone.
But then one day, when the car is sold or even just loaned out, these little quirks suddenly have a different effect. Presumably, the owner (or seller) has long forgotten about these problems, or in any case no longer thinks about them. And so the new driver without this important information may be left stranded somewhere without gas or without working windshield wipers. Of course, none of these are serious problems and the car can soon be driven again, but for the spoiled world of modern motorists in particular, such a minor quirk is yet another confirmation of the theory that old cars are notoriously unreliable. You just have to know how ...
