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Re: hardy MGB driver

To: Thomas Carney <panacea19@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: hardy MGB driver
From: James Tschaikowsky <jamest@sover.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 17:00:50 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <19980423200918.6743.qmail@hotmail.com>
In reference to 4x4 driver's:

Why do people think that 4by4s are invincible to snow?

I don't know, but I do know that some people in my part of the world,
(Vermont) think that owning a 4x4 is an excellent excuse for impolite
road manners and questionable driving ability. I'm afraid I really do not
like trucks, if you get stuck behind one while driving the good old LBC
you can't see a thing, very ugly and very uninspiring!

I don't mean to be insulting to any truck fan's out there, each to their
own I say. But could someone please tell me what the hell is so cool
about owning a truck! Sure they have presence, but they look horribly
utilitarian and handle atrociously. Can anyone out there explain what I'm
missing.

Thanks

James Tschaikowsky

'76 TR6


Thomas Carney wrote:

>   I can't resist on this one.  I was in Prescott, Arizona for a short
> lived semester with my Bugeye.  It isnot that far from Flagstaff but
> the town geniouses decided to get rid of there plows a few yeaers
> back.  Well when it was time for me to catch my flight back home from
> Pheonix a mighty snowstorm hit that morning.  Regardless I was
> determined to make it to Pheonix.  So cruising down the snow covered
> highway in my little Bugeye at about 20mhp freezing my but off.
> Windows fogging every 2 minutes and one wiper that has stopped due to
> the fact that there was too much snow for it too push that it just
> popped off.  Then all of a sudden vrooom a huge Dodge 4by4 passes me
> doing about 40mph.  About 5min down the road there it is on the side
> of the road stuck in a drainway.  I waas grinnig and scared at the
> same time.  It was funny that my car was passing this stuck mamouth
> but at the same time I thought to myself if he can't stay on the road
> how can I.  I quickly got that answer when I had to stop to get on
> the next highway.  I couldn't get moving again, well atleast not
> straight!  So I had to call the drive off and stay at a hotel in
> town.  I was stuck there for another 3 days.  Meanwhile in Pheonix it
> was 70...weird.
> One thing I don't understand is why people think that 4by4s are
> invincible to snow.  4by4 does not turn snow into a dry grippy
> pavement......
> Tom
>
> '60 Bugeye Sprite(the begining)
> '68 GT6+(to be college car)
> '60 Rover P4100(father son bonding prodject)
> Everthing Breaks Sometime
> Now on the Web- http://members.aol.com/gt6in/ok/home.html




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