T. R. Householder wrote:
>
> Gentlemen!!!!!! you're missing one thing here........
>
> The old world and Planned obselecence......
> The new world and ...build 'em good and let's suck'em dry for
> maintenance.
> Ken :
>
> Well, the fit & finish may not have been as good, but at least the TR6
> didn't have to have it's motor replaced (not rebuilt, but replaced !) every
> 50K miles, like the Mazda RX-3 (AFAIK the only Mazda sold in the US in 1971)
> did. And the BMW 2002 had it's own share of problems, particularly
> electrical.
>
> On top of that, AFAIK neither BMW or Mazda offered a ragtop, at least in the
> US.
>
> BTW, there's a '71 2002 for $500 on autotrader.com for anyone who'd rather
> enjoy that legendary German quality ... <g>
>
> Randall
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Beth & Ken
> > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 3:43 PM
> > To: greenman62@hotmail.com; lgmtr6@juno.com
> > Cc: vafred@erols.com; triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: $21,500 TR6 at auction
> >
> >
> >
> > How'd you pick the M3 instead of the Miata for comparison?
> >
> > I guess I'll get crushed for this, but here goes...I LOVE
> > Triumphs, but they
> > were not anywhere near the quality of a BMW (or a Miata for
> > that matter)
> > when new. I know, I'm old enough to remember new TR6s. I
> > owned one in 1971.
>
>
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