Right on Jack! My ex had a Miata, the only thing guys looked at was her!
Something sexy about a woman driving a convertable sports car.
I get the same stares, people chasing me down and comments great that you
receive... I do receive a little more attention from my Healey though :)
I can't wait for fall driving! I just have a hard time deciding which car to
drive :)))~~~ I love 'em both!
Take care,
Charlie Stewart
Georgetown, TX
'71 TR-6 Laurel Green with a lumpy cam and loud
'60 Ex-Bitch Red Hair with a grumpy attitude and loud
'53 Austin-Healey Red, stock and quite
I have quite the same sentiments. When I'm in my TR6, I have people chase me
down to say, "cooool car". People stop me in parking lots to look at it, and
my students all go ga ga over it even though it is "slow" by today's
standards.
My sister has a Miata, the only time she gets a compliment is when she asks
how they like her car. And nobody has ever chased her down to get a look at
it. Miatas are a dime a dozen in my neighborhood
Jack W.
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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