And you know we haven't even started on those wine and cheese folks that own
Jaguars. I doubt most of the owners that buy new Jag's even know there
British!
Mark Ascherl
1981 TR8 DHC FI
Raleigh, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith A. Edwards" <kedwards@norfolk.infi.net>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: "Jim Hill" <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: Participation
>
> Not to pick on Healey drivers, but I can remember driving my Healey in a
> local rally put on by the Healey club, and the rally master penalized a
> driver who was caught waving at an approaching Spitfire driver... I
> can't remember who waved first. It was years ago.
>
> Keith Edwards
> Suffolk, VA
> http://www.norfolk.infi.net/~kedwards/photos/
> 4.5 TRs
> 1.5 Healeys
>
> Jim Hill wrote:
> SNIP
> > On the other hand, I can't think of a single TR owner who wasn't a true
> > "Triumph person" (loves his/her car, knows a lot about it, wants to know
> > more, and bought it not because it was a "cute little car" but because
it
> > was a Triumph).
> >
> > Interesting that this subject should come up, as the Healey list has
just
> > gone through a lengthy and occasionally ornery debate about the current
> > pecking order of who waves to whom! Is there a single TR driver out
there
> > who wouldn't automatically wave at another Triumph, no matter what, or
who
> > wouldn't return a wave - no matter what kind of car it came from?
> >
> > Jim Hill
> > Madison WI
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Brian Furgalus wrote:
> >
> > 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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