I never heard the term "Chick car" until the '90s. I did her the term
secretary's car in the '60s, but I never heart it applied to any MG.
When I go auto crossing the S2000 and Miatas are cars to beat. When I
started working on my MGA the idea was to make it competitive with
the Miatas. The S2000 has too much engine to catch up. The A
generally is among the fastest British cars of pre'75 vintage, with
the exception of a few modified Jensen Healeys, and generally runs
pretty well with the Miatas, but not the Speed Miatas (durned
turbos). But every woman I ever heard talk about the A loved it. My
buddy Leo says that is because when looking at it from the top it has
the same shape they do. Come to think of it, he may be right. But
they have the same reaction to Cobras. I'm not real sure what, if
anything, that means.
Bob Shaw
shaws@mlcltd.com
My MGA is not leaking,
It is merely marking its territory
On Dec 4, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Wilkmanracing@aol.com wrote:
> Charles Hill _chillmog@sbcglobal.net_
> (mailto:chillmog@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
>
>
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<Bill,
>
> I know I will get a lot of flack for this one:
>
> Yes, the MGA was considered a "chick" car. When I was in high school
> and college in the '60s, the only MGAs I knew of were owned and
> driven
> by girls. In perspective though, I had a TR3B back then and ran
> around
> with other TR and Healey owners - plus one guy with a Porsche
> Speedster. The first guy I knew that had an MG had an early MGB.
>
> Charles Hill<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> That's interesting, because I've been a sports car enthusiast all
> my life
> and I never heard the term "chick car" until the 1990s. Anyway,
> that's not the
> point. The point is it's stupid to let a few Neanderthals dictate
> what car
> you're going to drive. I can't believe some people pass up the
> opportunity to
> own the best all-around sports car for the money because of the tag
> some
> yahoos place on it.
>
> For an interesting test of the 2008 MX5 Miata take a look at this
> YouTube:
>
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz667IYwGGA_
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz667IYwGGA)
>
> Bill Wilkman
>
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