Ken,
Well it's not fit and finish nor is it overall quality... It's esoteric...
kind of a heart-thing.
It's sort of a gut impression based on appearance of one in motion (I
haven't even driven one). To my mind's eye the Beemer touches more of what
the TR6 was about than the Miata does. I see the Miata as sort of a steel
Lotus Elan (and that's not a bad thing).
Quality, when you think of a sports car should not be a prime consideration.
Sports cars are things that touch our souls. We sacrifice to own them. They
aren't transportation for the body but the spirit. So, we sacrifice some
comfort, reliability and space, among other things to possess something that
sings to our hearts. A sports car is a "spit in the eye" to "sensible, grown
up" things.
I don't think anyone could hope to stay in business long selling any car
today built on TR6 standards (regardless of price). Of course we must
remember what was being built contemporary to the TR6... I don't think any
car built then would be up to today's standards.
>Subject: Re: $21,500 TR6 at auction
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 18:42:37 -0500
>
>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.
>They were leaky, had poor fit and finish, and the
>electrics...well...needless to go there. My new 71 couldn't hold a head
>gasket from day one. Even factory reps were unable to fix that car. Don't
>get me wrong, I'd rather drive my GT6+ than an M3, but for completely
>insane
>reasons. If you ignore the collectible "thing", a new TR6 today would not
>get an M3 price.
>
>ken shapiro
>baltimore
>1970 GT6+ KC81872L
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