01-13-2009, 09:28 AM
Racer X wrote:
[quote=Dakota]
[quote=Racer X]
maybe if they stopped putting switches in the door panels where they get rained on, and move them to the center console like the older jaguars, the cars would be more reliable. This goes for ALL cars. Manual windows, and manual door locks last for decades, and won't go bad if they get wet......
Jaguar electrics as models of reliability? Were they Lucas brand by any chance? I have had to deal with a lot of broken manual windows over the years. Cables, cranks and pulleys break too.
I never commented on the reliability of their switches, just the common sense location of them. My mom's BMW 5 series cars had the switches on the console too.
I've got 3 35-40 year old Buicks, and all my manual door locks and manual windows still work. Heck, the power top in my '72 Skylark is all original and never been taken apart.
The '64 Thunderbird we had when I was a kid had the switches on the center console - that didn't keep them from failing to function properly most of the time.