How True Grant,
I've always felt more like a caretaker than an owner of my six. However
for those of us who still have a bit of hot rodder in us, the TR6 offers
some fun opportunities to turn this not so performance car into a Miata
eater! This kind of performance doesn't have to come at the expense of a
dependability or drivability. So I guess it's where your heart is, if you
don't mind being passed by Corky Romano that's cool, but if you'd rather die
than watch one of those little things blow your doors off , you don't have
to. The TR6, with moderate modifications, can easily dispatch the Miata and
a list of Japanese cars . So either way have fun , these are great cars!
Nick Gemas
----- Original Message -----
From: Grant Kester <gkester@ucsd.edu>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:26 PM
Subject: Zen and the Art of TR6 Maintenance
> My two cents regarding the debate over how to enhance TR6 performance.
>
> While I'd be happy to have a bit more acceleration in my TR6 this is
> definitely not why I bought it. If all I wanted was a two-seater with
speed
> I would have gotten a used Miata or BMW Z3 (well, I couldn't have
affforded
> the Z3), but there must be a dozen Miatas parked in front of houses within
> a two block radius of me. Not to mention the Corky Romano factor; they may
> be faster than a TR6 but god knows you pay the price in style. For that
> matter, I live in Southern California where I'm surrounded by kids in
Ninja
> Hondas that can blow the doors off of any Miata (not to mention my 33 year
> old Triumph), so I'm used to being passed.
>
> With my Triumph I'm owning, and sustaining, a piece of (design) history.
In
> an era of god-awful ugly car design (Azteks, PT Cruisers and, IMHO, Z3s
and
> Miatas) the TR6 has a really elegant beauty of line (thanks in part to
> Karmann). I like the idea of keeping a 33 year old car functional and
> on-the-road as opposed to the mindless drive to consume, dispose and
> destroy that guides most of our buying decisions. It probably sounds a bit
> strange, but my TR6 reminds me of the old Bonsai trees I used to see at
the
> Nat'l Arboretum in DC; maintained and passed down from one care-taker to
> the next, sometimes over hundreds of years. I got my car from a guy up
the
> coast who cared for it almost religiously, even down to the little details
> that you can't see and that don't always matter. I plan to do the same and
> if I ever sell it I hope to pass it along to a like-minded person.
>
> Grant Kester
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