Actually my theory of increasing transparency after age 45 has a specific
exception for piloting expensive or apparently expensive cars. My wife calls
them "Ferrari B$%#%es", by which she means the exotic creatures who step off
the curb and wave at me. The problem is that eventually one must get out of
the car, at which point there is a muffled thump of inrushing air as the
geezer suddenly once again disappears. This explains the large number of
wealthy fossils in Palm Springs and L.A. who wear more Ferrari attire than
Michael Schumacher's race team, usually topped off with a yellow gold Rolex
the size of bedside alarm clock. Trying to keep new bait on an old hook.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Group44TR7@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 9:32 AM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: For Immediate Release : Reports of GT6s Getting Greater Respect
FOTers
For those of you who feel that Triumph GT6s do not get their fair share
of respect...
1. I emerged from a luncheon last week to find my GT6 was valet parked
in the front row amongst the BMWs, Ferraris and Mercedes.
2. A routine stop at the service station was enhanced by two very
attractive young women who wanted to know about the cute little blue car.
(So much for Bill Babcock's wife's theory that grey haired men over 50 are
invisible, even in a Ferrari or sportscar. )
3. A young Corvette convertible driver actually thought the car sporting
enough to want to drag race it from the stop light. (Triumph was probably
out of business before this young man was born)
4. But the best reinforcement of all is how much my children love riding
in it. They are still innocent enough to ask to ride in the "blue car" over
the "red car". (It will be interesting to observe if and when that changes
over the years.)
Regards to all, back to work...
Cary
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