All mechanical devices are subject to failure. If Nico Rosberg's F1 car can catch fire mid-race despite being looked after more carefully than most commercial aircraft, we who drive old cars can expect a bad result sooner or later. I've had that problem too, and it sucks. Best of luck with getting it fixed.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.