The past few days have been unbelievable for the end of
February/beginning of March in St. Louis. I drove the TR250 to work
Friday (mainly because my VW Rabbit quit), and by afternoon the
temperature was 50 degrees so I put the top down for the 55-mile drive
home.
It was cool, but I'd rather be cold in a top-down Triumph than warm in
my dilapidated old VW. Anyway, I got a thumbs up from a rich kid in
Ladue who was driving his folks GMC conversion van. Not just a casual
thumbs up, but a real enthusiastic one. I guess there's hope even for
kids in Beamerland.
This morning the temperature was 55, forecast for 80(!) and there was
the TR250 sitting there, top already down. So off we went! It felt much
warmer this morning, not cold at all. I live out in the country, and I
really love the feel of how the air changes as I go up down over hills
and through valleys. There must be a 15 or 20 degree temperature
difference!
My neck of the woods is perfect LBCland, with curvey, hilly roads with
very little traffic. I like to zip around corners quickly, even though
I'm not a real maniac driver. Then I get to pass the occasional tractor
or cattle truck. What a blast!
On the freeway this morning some guy in a VW Fox wagon almost ran off
the road craning to get a look at the TR250.
I'm going to hate going back to the Rabbit....
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