In a message dated 1/15/02 11:40:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, miket@rio.edu
writes:
> I have owned a TR3 since I was 18 and have autocrossed it. The first
> time I brought it out I felt like I was driving a tractor, "plowing"
> through the turns. I am upgrading it this winter and we'll see how it
> goes this coming season. I think TR's can be explained like hot rods.
> Big engines (by English standards) on a simple frame. A TR has to be
> beat and thrown around to get the same speed through a turn.
I gotta second all this discussion. The Bugeye (with Vega GT Wheels) feels
like a street-legal go-kart. It is more than happy to be tossed, twisted and
generally abused through a corner -- it's very hard to break it loose.
However, my old TR3A would have none of that, squealing and protesting and
swinging around at the slightest provocation. Still fun, but not a car I'd
have wanted to autocross.
Chris Eck
59 Bugeye
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