Brian;
I was in total agreement with you up until the last sentence. That sentence
sounds like something that MGB driver felt that made him blow you off.
ken shapiro
baltimore
1970 GT6+ KC81872L
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Furgalus <triumph.tr7@usa.net>
To: Arakelian, Peter <arakelianp@mossmotors.com>
Cc: 'Triumphs@Autox.team.net' <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: Participation
>
> Peter,
>
> > It used to be that the fun of owning a sports car was meeting other
sports
> > cars on the road. You'd look up ahead and see a TR or MG or Fiat or
> > whatever and you'd speed up a little and they'd slow down a little.
You'd
> > wave at each other, maybe play along through the traffic for a little
> > while. There was a sense of camaraderie that is missing these days.
>
> I wholeheartedly agree with you on this point. Just the other day, I
> passed a late rubber-bumpered MGB on the street and, since I was in the
> TR7, I felt obligated to wave. The guy totally ignored me, actually
> looked the other way! That is the first time that's ever happened to
> me. For some reason MGB people insist on believing that the TR7 was
> responsible for causing the collapse of the entire BL organization.
> That's assanine! It's that mentality that makes me dislike the majority
> of MGB owners.
>
> Brian
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