In a message dated 15/04/01 17:59:58 GMT Daylight Time,
owner-fot-digest@autox.team.net writes:
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 10:50:39 EDT
> From: BillDentin@aol.com
> Subject: G O O D N E W S
>
> <A HREF="http://cartalk.cars.com/About/Worst-Cars/results1.html";>Click here:
What's the Worst Car of the Millennium?: The Results</A>
>
> Amici:
>
> Good News!
>
> Today AOL directed its members to the CARTALK.CARS.COM website, where the
> Top
> Ten WORST CARS of All Times are listed. Fans of 'Click & Clack', Tom and
> Ray
> Magliozzi, of CAR TALK fame on the Public Radio Network, will love the
> description of each car that made the list. YUGO tops a list which
> includes
> a myriad (even a Cadillac) from the AMC Gremlin to the VW MicroBus. Two
> RENAULTs made it, but NO TRIUMPHs. In fact...no British cars at all.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
> PS
>
> I don't know if I still have it, but I once owned a hard cover book called
> AUTOMOTIVE LEMONS, or some such title close to that. Much to my dismay, it
> had a whole chapter devoted to TRIUMPH. When you read the Chapter however,
> it was more an editorial commentary on the impact of British Economic and
> Labor problems on the UK automotive industry, than it was a personal slam
> against TRIUMPH. The overall point they made, right or wrong, suggested
> that
> the British Automotive Industry in general, and TRIUMPH in particular, were
> continually automotive pioneers, who often marketed their inovations before
> all of the bugs were worked out.
>
>
But Bill, isn't that the responsibilty of the owners ???
(I think Bill Gates thinks much the same way with MS products)
Personally, I have been working on various Triumphs since 1978, and have
virtually
re-engineered my Vitesse from the ground up, stem to stern...and I'm still at
it.
Therein lies half the fun, as you can't really do that with modern
contrivances!
Triumph is dead, long live Triumph!
Regards
Lion
Triumph Sports Six Club
International Liaison Secretary
1963 Triumph Vitesse 2-Litre Convertible (Diva)
1988 Volkswagen 1600GT Scirroco Coupe (Driver)
Wimbledon, London, England.
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