greenman62@hotmail.com wrote:
> I doubt the bazillionaire would spend a weekend under the hood of ANY
> car. Hell that's why there's a bunch of exotic car purveyors, agents
> and mechanics.... These "money people" are too busy making money and
> putting on airs to be bothered with what makes their status symbol
> tick.
Granted, but in this they're not all that different from most folks who want
a car they don't have to think about -- mechanically. Most car purchasing
decisions probably have more to do with self image and status symbols
than with practicality or functionality, regardless of the price point.
But for Triumph content... I sell systems consulting to dot-com millionaires
and millianaire wannabes, so my TR4 was indirectly funded by these fine
fellows -- and I'll throw no stones. More to the point, when I take these guys
out to lunch, they leave their M-Roadsters and Audi S4s in the parking lot
and we take my TR4. Still, they don't often ask to look under the bonnet. <g>
And the best among them *do* ask to drive, so we should give them some
credit.
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Steven Newell
Denver, CO
'62 TR4
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