In a message dated 9/23/99 11:57:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
type79@ix.netcom.com writes:
<< there are times when it is
reasonable for a vehicle should be trailered.
For example, if I were to attend a meet several states away, I would be
inclined to trailer my Sprite. I have no interest in buzzing at redline on
the
highway for 5 or more hours straight nor making a one day trip into 2 or 3,
and
my car can buzz with the best of the 3000's. These cars weren't highway
cruisers to begin with and in addition to that, back surgery makes extended
road trips in the Sprite somewhat painful.
>>
Jay: I agree with you 100%. I may have started this thread with my
comments on what I personally look at when asked to judge cars at a car show.
I am not by any means a concours judge, nor do I have aspirations to be. I
think there should be separate classes. But the car shows I have been to, I
have been asked to vote for the best car in different Marques in popular
choice voting. In looking from that standpoint, I look for drivers and for
self restoration. I certainly have no interest in how the car gets to the
show. I used the term "trailer queen" to describe a car that is ALWAYS
trailered--from garage to show and back to garage. Never suggested anything
wrong with that either--that is just fine if you have that kind of car. In
voting I just look for the above variables.
I was going to drive my car through central and northern Ohio last summer,
but didnt want to drive it all the way up there. I was looking for a trailer
to haul it up, then would drive it, then trailer it back to Tennessee. Good
use for a trailer. But the car is driven daily,and has been driven on some
fairly long trips. Turned out, I couldnt borrow the trailer I needed and
just drove our Pontiac Grand Am instead.
Really, I can never fairly decide between the cars anyway as to which one is
the winner. I think the system is flawed at the outset.
--David C.
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