Some of us middle aged people actually modify the Hondas into fairly worthy
competitors. My 1990 Civic Si has been graced with a non-US 135 HP DOHC engine,
tuned SS exhaust and new suspension components.
At the risk of drawing substantial abuse, I will state the following:
My Si will out-accelerate, out-corner, out-run and generally out-perform any
Triumph car ever built. This is not a brag, simply an engineering certainty.
This does not reflect poorly on the Triumphs. It simply demonstrates that a
lighter car with higher horsepower and more sophisticated suspension will
outperform an older, heavier car.
Each has merits.
From a pure driver standpoint, the Si is far more enjoyable to drive. It is
crisp, responsive, maneuverable and incredibly quick.
On the other hand, the TR6 offers the driver a much more fulfilling driving
experience. The look, the feel, the sound, cannot be matched or approached by
any "modern" car.
Andy Litkowiak
John Peacock wrote:
> They are not factory sponsered and the Hondas that most of them drive are
> not factory origional. Most are young people that have a lot more time, at
> least than I do. They drive those ridiculous little front wheel drive econo
> boxes with huge racing wings and goofy sounding "fart cannon" exhausts and
> think they have a race car. Then they load them down with huge, heavy
> particle board woofer boxes for the boom boom. What it really anounts to is
> that they are just anoying and slow. BUT they do work on them all the time
> just like us because I kinda doubt the factory would approve of most of the
> things they do. And they are not sports cars by any stretch of the
> imagination.
>
> With the exception of the S2000 I am not really all that fond of a car that
> is as overpriced and overrated as a Honda anyway. And the S2000 is pretty
> pricey too.
>
> Just my opinion, but you know about opinions.
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